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IntelliCode Package Suggestions for NuGet in Visual Studio

Christopher Gill June 2, 2021 Jun 2, 2021 06/2/21

Building on Visual Studio’s robust IntelliCode experience for .NET, we’re excited to introduce NuGet IntelliCode Package Suggestions in Visual Studio 16.10! IntelliCode Package Suggestions use your project’s context, such as installed packages and project type, to suggest packages to enhance your workflow! IntelliCode AI-assistance has ...

Add a README to Your NuGet Package

Christopher Gill May 6, 2021 May 6, 2021 05/6/21

Today, we're excited to announce that you can pack a `README.md` file in your NuGet package and have it fully rendered on NuGet.org!

.NET 5 NuGet Restore Failures on Linux distributions using NSS or ca-certificates

Jon Douglas April 6, 2021 Apr 6, 2021 04/6/21

We will be releasing updated builds of NuGet this week to accommodate NuGet restore failures on Linux distributions. The failures are observed when updated versions of the NSS or ca-certificates packages are installed.

Performance and Polish with NuGet 5.9

Jon Douglas March 17, 2021 Mar 17, 2021 03/17/21

NuGet 5.9 is a great release that brings a refined experience to everything package management. We’ve added a bunch of exciting quality of life improvements while also bringing you a more performant package management experience.

We’re excited to see you use NuGet 5.9 & include it in your toolset to build amazing things with .NET.

How to Scan NuGet Packages for Security Vulnerabilities

Drew Gillies March 2, 2021 Mar 2, 2021 03/2/21

Today, we are announcing the public availability of NuGet’s vulnerability features that you can use to ensure your projects are vulnerability free and if not, to take action to securing your software supply chain.

State of the NuGet Ecosystem

Jiachen Jiang March 1, 2021 Mar 1, 2021 03/1/21

Recently, our team launched our first quarterly user survey for NuGet.org. With over 500 responses, we wanted to spend some time to share with you what we've learned in these last few months.

The NuGet.org repository signing certificate will be updated as soon as March 15th, 2021

Christopher Gill February 25, 2021 Feb 25, 2021 02/25/21

The current NuGet.org repository signing certificate will be updated as soon as March 15th, 2021. If you validate that packages are repository signed by NuGet.org, you will need to take steps to avoid disruptions when installing packages from NuGet.org.

Happy 10th Birthday, NuGet!

Christopher Gill January 13, 2021 Jan 13, 2021 01/13/21

NuGet 1.0 was released on January 13th, 2011 – 10 years and 4 major version releases ago. Since then, NuGet.org has grown to host a large and vibrant package ecosystem with over 230 thousand unique packages.

Custom V2 OData queries will be deprecated March 9, 2021

Jiachen Jiang December 2, 2020 Dec 2, 2020 12/2/20

We announced the deprecation of custom V2 OData queries (#37) last year and conducted a dry run in early November to ensure that there are no surprises for users. Going forward, we plan to bring all new features and improvements only to the newer V3 APIs. As part of this strategy, we will begin blocking select endpoints used by 3rd party ...

Getting Started With NuGet 5.8

Jon Douglas November 13, 2020 Nov 13, 2020 11/13/20

NuGet 5.8 is one of many releases in our .NET unification journey. Our NuGet tooling helps developers discover new .NET packages to use for their .NET applications, while making package management easier during your daily development.