Yet Another NuGet Package Manager

Yet Another NuGet Package Manager is a Visual Studio Code extension that provides a lightweight, integrated experience for browsing, adding, updating, and removing NuGet packages from .NET projects directly inside VS Code.

Features -+- Browse and search NuGet packages with descriptions, tags, and download stats

• View package metadata (authors, project URL, license expression or license URL)
• Add packages to the current project or by package id
• Update installed packages (choose versions and upgrade inline)
• Remove packages from the selected project
• View security vulnerabilities and release notes when available

Yet Another NuGet Package Manager

Yet Another NuGet Package Manager is a Visual Studio Code extension that provides a lightweight, integrated experience for browsing, adding, updating, and removing NuGet packages from .NET projects directly inside VS Code.

Note: This extension integrates a React-based webview for a focused package-management UI and communicates with the extension backend to run dotnet CLI operations. Native confirm() dialogs are not available inside VS Code webviews; the extension uses in-webview UI for confirmations where needed.

Features

• Browse and search NuGet packages from NuGet.org
• View rich package metadata: authors, description, tags, download counts, project URL, license expression or license URL
• Add packages to a selected project (choose version or use latest)
• Update installed packages and choose target versions
• Remove packages from the selected project
• View release notes, deprecation notices, and vulnerability information when available
• Multi-project support: select a project (.csproj) from a dropdown
• Theme-aware styling and responsive layout for smaller screens

Quick Start

1. Open a workspace containing at least one .csproj file.
2. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) and run Open NuGet Package Manager, or right-click a .csproj in Explorer and choose the command.
3. Select a project (if multiple). Browse or search for packages, then use the right-hand details pane to add, update, or remove packages.

How it Works

• The extension runs a TypeScript-based backend that executes dotnet CLI commands for add/update/remove operations.
• The UI is a React webview that communicates with the backend using the VS Code webview messaging API.
• Package metadata and versions are fetched from the NuGet V3 APIs; some requests may be cached for better performance.

Commands

• yet-another-nuget-package-manager.openPackageManager — Open the package manager UI
• yet-another-nuget-package-manager.refresh — Refresh package list
• yet-another-nuget-package-manager.updatePackageInline — Update a package inline
• yet-another-nuget-package-manager.searchAndAddPackage — Open search/add modal

Development

Install dependencies and build the extension and webview:

bun install
bun run build

Watch mode (for iterative development):

bun run watch

Run the extension in the VS Code debugger (F5) to test in a development host window.

Testing

Create a small test project to try the extension:

dotnet new console -o TestProject
cd TestProject
code .

Open the folder in VS Code, run the extension (F5), and test adding/updating/removing packages.

Release Notes

0.0.4

• Documentation updates and small UX improvements

0.0.3

• Searchable Add Package modal with real-time NuGet search
• Rich package details (authors, descriptions, downloads, URLs, licenses)
• Release notes and deprecation notices in details view
• Multi-project support and custom NuGet sources

0.0.2

• CodeLens integration for inline package status and quick actions
• Vulnerability warnings and pre-release support

0.0.1

• Initial release: package discovery, add/update/remove operations, file watching

License

MIT