# NuGetPackageExplorer/NuGetPackageExplorer

Create, update and deploy Nuget Packages with a GUI

Repository: https://github.com/NuGetPackageExplorer/NuGetPackageExplorer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nugetpackageexplorer
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: nuget-packages, gui-application, nuget-client, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-05T23:23:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4010, "days_push": 28, "days_rel": 517, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2548, forks 457 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:00.367199+00:00)

## What it is
NuGet Package Explorer is a GUI application for creating, editing, inspecting, and deploying NuGet packages, available on Windows via the Microsoft Store and as a web/PWA at nuget.info. It also ships a cross-platform dotnet CLI tool (dotnet-validate) for validating package health.

## Use cases
- inspect the contents of a .nupkg file
- create and edit NuGet package metadata with a GUI
- validate a NuGet package before publishing
- upload and deploy packages to nuget.org
- check a remote package's health from the command line
- view package dependencies and files without installing

## When to choose
- you need a visual editor for .nupkg files on Windows
- you want to inspect or validate NuGet packages from any platform via the web version
- you prefer a GUI over nuget.exe/CLI for package authoring

## When to avoid
- you only need to install packages into projects (use dotnet add package or NuGet in Visual Studio)
- you need fully automated CI package publishing pipelines
- you are not working with the NuGet/.NET ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools, package-manager, cli
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages, files
- platform: windows, browser, cross-platform, dotnet, cli
- tags: nuget, package-explorer, pwa, dotnet-tool, package-validation

## Member repositories
- NuGetPackageExplorer/NuGetPackageExplorer (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:00.367199+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:24:32.621707+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/NuGetPackageExplorer/NuGetPackageExplorer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:00.367199+00:00, sha 1ef82e7a2ff5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.