Cake.Core
6.1.0
Prefix Reserved
dotnet add package Cake.Core --version 6.1.0
NuGet\Install-Package Cake.Core -Version 6.1.0
<PackageReference Include="Cake.Core" Version="6.1.0" />
<PackageVersion Include="Cake.Core" Version="6.1.0" />
<PackageReference Include="Cake.Core" />
paket add Cake.Core --version 6.1.0
#r "nuget: Cake.Core, 6.1.0"
#:package Cake.Core@6.1.0
#addin nuget:?package=Cake.Core&version=6.1.0
#tool nuget:?package=Cake.Core&version=6.1.0
Cake
Cake (C# Make) is a build automation system with a C# DSL to do things like compiling code, copy files/folders, running unit tests, compress files and build NuGet packages.
Table of Contents
Documentation
You can read the latest documentation at https://cakebuild.net/.
For a simple example to get started see Setting up a new project.
Contributing
So you’re thinking about contributing to Cake? Great! It’s really appreciated.
Make sure you've read the contribution guidelines before sending that epic pull request. You'll also need to sign the contribution license agreement (CLA) for anything other than a trivial change. NOTE: The .NET Foundation CLA Bot will provide a link to this CLA within the PR that you submit if it is deemed as required.
- Fork the repository.
- Create a branch to work in.
- Make your feature addition or bug fix.
- Don't forget the unit tests.
- Send a pull request.
Get in touch
License
Copyright © .NET Foundation, Patrik Svensson, Mattias Karlsson, Gary Ewan Park, Alistair Chapman, Martin Björkström, Dave Glick, Pascal Berger, Jérémie Desautels, Enrico Campidoglio, C. Augusto Proiete, Nils Andresen, and contributors.
Cake is provided as-is under the MIT license. For more information see LICENSE.
- For Roslyn, see https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/blob/master/License.txt
- For Autofac, see https://github.com/autofac/Autofac/blob/master/LICENSE
- For NuGet.Core, see https://github.com/NuGet/Home/blob/dev/LICENSE.txt
Thanks
A big thank you has to go to JetBrains who provide each of the Cake Developers with an Open Source License for ReSharper that helps with the development of Cake.
Sponsors
Our wonderful sponsors:
Backers
Our wonderful backers:
Code of Conduct
This project has adopted the code of conduct defined by the Contributor Covenant to clarify expected behavior in our community. For more information see the .NET Foundation Code of Conduct.
Contribution License Agreement
By signing the CLA, the community is free to use your contribution to .NET Foundation projects.
.NET Foundation
This project is supported by the .NET Foundation.
| Product | Versions Compatible and additional computed target framework versions. |
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| .NET | net8.0 is compatible. net8.0-android was computed. net8.0-browser was computed. net8.0-ios was computed. net8.0-maccatalyst was computed. net8.0-macos was computed. net8.0-tvos was computed. net8.0-windows was computed. net9.0 is compatible. net9.0-android was computed. net9.0-browser was computed. net9.0-ios was computed. net9.0-maccatalyst was computed. net9.0-macos was computed. net9.0-tvos was computed. net9.0-windows was computed. net10.0 is compatible. net10.0-android was computed. net10.0-browser was computed. net10.0-ios was computed. net10.0-maccatalyst was computed. net10.0-macos was computed. net10.0-tvos was computed. net10.0-windows was computed. |
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NuGet packages (119)
Showing the top 5 NuGet packages that depend on Cake.Core:
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Cake.Common
Provides aliases (extension methods on Cake context) that support CI, build, unit tests, zip, signing, etc. for Cake. |
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Cake.Cli
The Cake CLI library. |
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Cake.DotNetTool.Module
Cake Module that extends Cake with ability to install tools using dotnet cli. |
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Cake.NuGet
Cake Module providing NuGet install capabilities for i.e. preprocessor directives like #addin, #tool and #load |
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Cake.Frosting
The .NET Core host for Cake. |
GitHub repositories (8)
Showing the top 8 popular GitHub repositories that depend on Cake.Core:
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FastReports/FastReport
Free Open Source Reporting tool for .NET6/.NET Core/.NET Framework that helps your application generate document-like reports
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xamarin/XamarinComponents
Plugins for Xamarin
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dotnet/Nerdbank.GitVersioning
Stamp your assemblies, packages and more with a unique version generated from a single, simple version.json file and include git commit IDs for non-official builds.
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daveaglick/Scripty
Tools to let you use Roslyn-powered C# scripts for code generation
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axzxs2001/Asp.NetCoreExperiment
原来所有项目都移动到**OleVersion**目录下进行保留。新的案例装以.net 5.0为主，一部分对以前案例进行升级，一部分将以前的工作经验总结出来，以供大家参考！
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Wyamio/Wyam
A modular static content and static site generator.
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magic-chunks/magic-chunks-dotnetcore
Easy to use tool to config transformations for JSON, XML and YAML.
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ejball/XmlDocMarkdown
Generates Markdown from .NET XML documentation comments.
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| Version | Downloads | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 6.1.0 | 227 | 3/1/2026 |
| 6.0.0 | 305,237 | 11/11/2025 |
| 5.1.0 | 110,837 | 10/4/2025 |
| 5.0.0 | 970,241 | 11/12/2024 |
| 4.2.0 | 42,879 | 10/23/2024 |
| 4.1.0 | 1,223 | 10/23/2024 |
| 4.0.0 | 808,504 | 11/18/2023 |
| 3.2.0 | 52,469 | 11/10/2023 |
| 3.1.0 | 280,633 | 7/9/2023 |
| 3.0.0 | 1,124,569 | 11/8/2022 |
| 2.3.0 | 50,739 | 10/14/2022 |
| 2.2.0 | 284,641 | 4/14/2022 |
| 2.1.0 | 80,722 | 2/20/2022 |
| 2.0.0 | 234,236 | 11/30/2021 |
| 2.0.0-rc0002 | 2,251 | 11/27/2021 |
| 2.0.0-rc0001 | 4,235 | 11/7/2021 |
| 1.3.0 | 157,117 | 10/7/2021 |
| 1.2.0 | 22,601 | 8/29/2021 |
| 1.1.0 | 232,949 | 3/6/2021 |
| 1.0.0 | 435,757 | 2/7/2021 |
#4656 Gitlab CI_PIPELINE_ID has exceeded the int limits on gitlab.com and the variable should be changed to a long.
#4698 Add FormattableString Support to Logging Methods.
#4520 add slnx support.
#4071 Unable to set multiple of the same attribute CustomAttributes in AssemblyInfo creator.
#3517 NuGet Pack Should support new readme file.
#2028 In-Process NuGet doesn't support authentication.
#4740 Add CakeModule assemmbly attribute to NuGetModule.
#4737 Update Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection to 9.0.13 & 10.0.3 (net9.0&net10.0).
#4735 Update Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens to 8.16.0.
#4733 Update NuGet.* to 7.3.0.
#4715 Update System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs to 9.0.12 & 10.0.2 (net9.0&net10.0).
#4713 Update Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection to 9.0.12 & 10.0.2 (net9.0&net10.0).
#4694 Update Autofac to 9.0.0.
#4692 Update System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs to 10.0.1 for net10.0.
#4688 Update Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens to 8.15.0.
#4685 Update Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection to 10.0.1 for net10.0.
#4683 Update Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting to 5.0.0.
#4679 Update Basic.Reference.Assemblies.* to 1.8.4.
#4677 Update NuGet.* to 7.0.1.
#4675 Update Spectre.Console & Spectre.Console.Cli to 0.54.0 & 0.53.1.
#4658 Add support for MSBuild 18 and VS2026.
#4635 DotCover no longer works with version 2025.2+ of JetBrains.dotCover.CommandLineTools.
#4720 Use non-boolean self-contained arguments for dotnet publish.
#4706 Add support for .slnx files in dotnet test PathType autodetection.
#4687 Cake Frosting FrostingConfiguration Command Line parameters are not parsed correctly.
#4667 DotNetSlnList hardcodes English output.
#4662 Colorization of console log output.