Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools
                              
                            
                                17.14.2120
                            
                        
                            
                                
                                
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                    dotnet add package Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools --version 17.14.2120
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools -Version 17.14.2120
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools" Version="17.14.2120"> <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets> <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets> </PackageReference>
<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools" Version="17.14.2120" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools"> <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets> <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets> </PackageReference>
paket add Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools --version 17.14.2120
#r "nuget: Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools, 17.14.2120"
#:package Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools@17.14.2120
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools&version=17.14.2120
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools&version=17.14.2120
Contains targets and tools to enable the building of managed VSIX projects without VSSDK MSI installed. Only for VS 2015 and onwards.
Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.
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                                                    .NETFramework 4.7.2- Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK.Analyzers (>= 17.7.79)
- Microsoft.VsSDK.CompatibilityAnalyzer (>= 17.14.2120)
 
NuGet packages (5)
Showing the top 5 NuGet packages that depend on Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools:
| Package | Downloads | 
|---|---|
| VSSDK_Reference_Assemblies Meta package containing all VSSDK Reference Assemblies | |
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.Extensibility.Build Visual Studio Extensibility Framework SDK tools, contains tooling for building out of process extensions. | |
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workspace.Extensions.VS Package Description | |
| ThisAssembly.Vsix Allows consuming VSIX manifest properties from code, as well as MSBuild project properties from the VSIX manifest. For example: partial class ThisAssembly { public static partial class Vsix { public const string Id = "MyVsix"; } } or <PackageManifest Version="2.0.0" ...> <Metadata> <Identity Id="|%CurrentProject%;VsixId|" Version="|%CurrentProject%;VsixVersion|" Language="|%CurrentProject%;VsixLanguage|" Publisher="|%CurrentProject%;VsixPublisher|" /> <DisplayName>|%CurrentProject%;VsixDisplayName|</DisplayName> <Description>|%CurrentProject%;VsixDescription|</Description> </Metadata> ... </PackageManifest> | |
| CallGraphAnalyzer1945 Roslyn-based analyzer to generate method call graphs from C# solutions. | 
GitHub repositories (192)
Showing the top 20 popular GitHub repositories that depend on Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools:
| Repository | Stars | 
|---|---|
| icsharpcode/ILSpy 
                                                            .NET Decompiler with support for PDB generation, ReadyToRun, Metadata (&more) - cross-platform!
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| MonoGame/MonoGame 
                                                            One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games.
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| unoplatform/uno 
                                                            Open-source platform for building cross-platform native Mobile, Web, Desktop and Embedded apps quickly.  Create rich, C#/XAML, single-codebase apps from any IDE. Hot Reload included! 90m+ NuGet Downloads!!
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| stride3d/stride 
                                                            Stride (formerly Xenko), a free and open-source cross-platform C# game engine.
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| HandyOrg/HandyControl 
                                                            Contains some simple and commonly used WPF controls
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| HJLebbink/asm-dude 
                                                            Visual Studio extension for assembly syntax highlighting and code completion in assembly files and the disassembly window
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| VsVim/VsVim 
                                                            Vim Emulator Plugin for Visual Studio 2015+ 
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| dotnet/samples 
                                                            Sample code referenced by the .NET documentation
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| dotnet/roslynator 
                                                            Roslynator is a set of code analysis tools for C#, powered by Roslyn.
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| CosmosOS/Cosmos 
                                                            Cosmos is an operating system "construction kit". Build your own OS using managed languages such as C#, VB.NET, and more!
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| Ourpalm/ILRuntime 
                                                            Pure C# IL Intepreter Runtime, which is fast and reliable for scripting requirement on enviorments, where jitting isn't possible. 
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| bombomby/optick 
                                                            C++ Profiler For Games
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| dotnet/sdk 
                                                            Core functionality needed to create .NET Core projects, that is shared between Visual Studio and CLI
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| serenity-is/Serenity 
                                                            Business Apps Made Simple with Asp.Net Core MVC / TypeScript
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| github/VisualStudio 
                                                            GitHub Extension for Visual Studio
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| ErikEJ/EFCorePowerTools 
                                                            Entity Framework Core Power Tools - reverse engineering, migrations and model visualization in Visual Studio & CLI
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| microsoft/GraphEngine 
                                                            Microsoft Graph Engine
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| ArduPilot/MissionPlanner 
                                                            Mission Planner Ground Control Station for ArduPilot (c# .net)
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| dahall/Vanara 
                                                            A set of .NET libraries for Windows implementing PInvoke calls to many native Windows APIs with supporting wrappers.
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| codecadwallader/codemaid 
                                                            CodeMaid is an open source Visual Studio extension to cleanup and simplify our C#, C++, F#, VB, PHP, PowerShell, JSON, XAML, XML, ASP, HTML, CSS, LESS, SCSS, JavaScript and TypeScript coding.
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| Version | Downloads | Last Updated | 
|---|---|---|
| 17.14.2120 | 11,127 | 10/2/2025 | 
| 17.14.2101 | 12,515 | 8/13/2025 | 
| 17.14.2094 | 23,794 | 5/14/2025 | 
| 17.14.1043-preview2 | 1,711 | 3/12/2025 | 
| 17.13.2126 | 39,714 | 2/12/2025 | 
| 17.13.1094-preview2 | 1,409 | 12/10/2024 | 
| 17.13.49-preview1 | 1,818 | 11/12/2024 | 
| 17.12.2069 | 616,368 | 9/26/2024 | 
| 17.12.44-preview1 | 984 | 8/13/2024 | 
| 17.11.439 | 5,943 | 10/17/2024 | 
| 17.11.435 | 66,669 | 8/13/2024 | 
| 17.11.290-preview2 | 479 | 6/11/2024 | 
| 17.11.54-preview1 | 960 | 5/28/2024 | 
| 17.10.2185 | 14,155 | 6/11/2024 | 
| 17.10.2179 | 11,538 | 5/21/2024 | 
| 17.10.1074-preview2 | 1,804 | 3/14/2024 | 
| 17.10.29-preview1 | 1,595 | 2/21/2024 | 
| 17.9.3184 | 166,074 | 4/25/2024 | 
| 17.9.3174 | 62,201 | 1/30/2024 | 
| 17.9.3168 | 32,947 | 2/7/2024 | 
| 17.9.2131-preview2 | 1,601 | 12/12/2023 | 
| 17.9.188-preview1 | 1,236 | 12/11/2023 | 
| 17.8.2365 | 1,010,322 | 11/29/2023 | 
| 17.7.2196 | 204,048 | 8/29/2023 | 
| 17.6.2164 | 299,953 | 5/12/2023 | 
| 17.5.4074 | 31,254 | 4/27/2023 | 
| 17.5.4072 | 29,090 | 3/23/2023 | 
| 17.5.4065 | 55,600 | 2/21/2023 | 
| 17.4.2124 | 5,174 | 3/10/2023 | 
| 17.4.2123 | 4,297 | 2/28/2023 | 
| 17.4.2122 | 5,141 | 2/22/2023 | 
| 17.4.2120 | 25,670 | 12/6/2022 | 
| 17.4.2119 | 74,689 | 11/9/2022 | 
| 17.4.2118 | 55,176 | 10/13/2022 | 
| 17.3.2094 | 51,221 | 8/26/2022 | 
| 17.3.2093 | 147,348 | 8/11/2022 | 
| 17.3.2092 | 6,962 | 7/27/2022 | 
| 17.2.2200 | 5,606 | 10/7/2022 | 
| 17.2.2199 | 5,176 | 8/26/2022 | 
| 17.2.2197 | 6,680 | 7/27/2022 | 
| 17.2.2190 | 16,998 | 6/15/2022 | 
| 17.2.2186 | 55,999 | 5/4/2022 | 
| 17.1.4058 | 7,166 | 4/13/2022 | 
| 17.1.4057 | 49,207 | 4/6/2022 | 
| 17.1.4054 | 56,515 | 1/7/2022 | 
| 17.0.5240 | 6,244 | 10/8/2022 | 
| 17.0.5238 | 2,982 | 4/6/2022 | 
| 17.0.5234 | 119,945 | 1/11/2022 | 
| 17.0.5233 | 15,936 | 11/11/2021 | 
| 17.0.5232 | 161,590 | 10/1/2021 | 
| 17.0.4207-preview4 | 9,382 | 9/9/2021 | 
| 17.0.3177-preview3 | 8,489 | 7/30/2021 | 
| 17.0.2155-preview2 | 9,115 | 7/6/2021 | 
| 17.0.1619-preview1 | 27,424 | 6/4/2021 | 
| 16.11.69 | 51,576 | 10/8/2022 | 
| 16.11.68 | 3,626 | 9/23/2022 | 
| 16.11.67 | 5,229 | 8/29/2022 | 
| 16.11.65 | 76,451 | 5/27/2022 | 
| 16.11.63 | 11,463 | 3/25/2022 | 
| 16.11.35 | 73,533 | 10/14/2021 | 
| 16.11.16 | 17,075 | 9/13/2021 | 
| 16.10.1055 | 44,368 | 5/7/2021 | 
| 16.9.2028 | 1,749 | 9/23/2022 | 
| 16.9.2027 | 1,979 | 8/29/2022 | 
| 16.9.2025 | 2,183 | 3/25/2022 | 
| 16.9.2021 | 13,476 | 7/15/2021 | 
| 16.9.1050 | 36,357 | 1/26/2021 | 
| 16.8.3038 | 111,153 | 10/28/2020 | 
| 16.7.3072 | 1,887 | 3/31/2022 | 
| 16.7.3069 | 84,367 | 7/16/2020 | 
| 16.6.2058 | 13,401 | 6/4/2020 | 
| 16.6.2057 | 7,559 | 6/4/2020 | 
| 16.6.2051 | 30,888 | 4/9/2020 | 
| 16.5.2044 | 94,862 | 2/4/2020 | 
| 16.4.1060 | 3,157 | 3/13/2020 | 
| 16.4.1059 | 5,592 | 3/4/2020 | 
| 16.4.1057 | 142,444 | 10/22/2019 | 
| 16.4.1028 | 2,195 | 3/3/2020 | 
| 16.3.2099 | 98,463 | 8/20/2019 | 
| 16.2.3074 | 18,709 | 8/8/2019 | 
| 16.2.3073 | 25,869 | 7/2/2019 | 
| 16.0.2284 | 3,947 | 3/4/2020 | 
| 16.0.2264 | 32,632 | 3/12/2019 | 
| 15.9.3084 | 6,515 | 3/28/2022 | 
| 15.9.3039 | 80,845 | 1/30/2019 | 
| 15.9.3032 | 163,863 | 11/20/2018 | 
| 15.8.3252 | 175,580 | 9/17/2018 | 
| 15.8.3247 | 27,115 | 8/8/2018 | 
| 15.7.109 | 61,991 | 5/4/2018 | 
| 15.7.107 | 5,807 | 5/1/2018 | 
| 15.7.104 | 11,998 | 7/25/2018 | 
| 15.6.170 | 40,056 | 3/14/2018 | 
| 15.6.167 | 11,176 | 3/2/2018 | 
| 15.5.100 | 127,092 | 11/17/2017 | 
| 15.5.72 | 28,356 | 10/20/2017 | 
| 15.1.192 | 309,913 | 6/14/2017 | 
| 15.0.26201 | 299,398 | 2/2/2017 | 
| 15.0.26124-RC3 | 101,640 | 1/26/2017 | 
| 15.0.26109-RC3 | 7,256 | 1/10/2017 | 
| 15.0.25929-RC2 | 31,411 | 11/30/2016 | 
| 15.0.25914-RC2 | 7,250 | 11/15/2016 | 
| 15.0.25907-RC2 | 13,025 | 11/8/2016 | 
| 15.0.25901-RC | 8,342 | 11/4/2016 | 
| 15.0.25825-RC | 7,689 | 10/26/2016 | 
| 15.0.25728-Preview5 | 5,471 | 9/30/2016 | 
| 15.0.25726-Preview5 | 5,586 | 9/27/2016 | 
| 15.0.25604-Preview4 | 28,283 | 8/8/2016 | 
| 15.0.25201-Dev15Preview2 | 33,870 | 4/6/2016 | 
| 15.0.25123-Dev15Preview | 3,954 | 3/24/2016 | 
| 14.3.25420 | 159,842 | 7/16/2016 | 
| 14.3.25407 | 71,521 | 6/24/2016 | 
| 14.2.25201 | 23,350 | 4/6/2016 | 
| 14.2.25123 | 14,492 | 3/31/2016 | 
| 14.1.24720 | 46,825 | 12/1/2015 | 
| 14.0.23205 | 12,281 | 8/6/2015 | 
| 14.0.22823-RC-Updated | 5,012 | 5/22/2015 | 
| 12.0.21005 | 14,386 | 1/12/2016 |