Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools 8.0.22

Prefix Reserved

There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details.

Requires NuGet 3.6 or higher.

dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools --version 8.0.22

NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools -Version 8.0.22

This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.

<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="8.0.22">
  <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
  <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
</PackageReference>

For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.

<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="8.0.22" />
                    

                            Directory.Packages.props

<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools">
  <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
  <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
</PackageReference>
                    

                            Project file

For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.

paket add Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools --version 8.0.22

The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.

#r "nuget: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools, 8.0.22"

#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.

#:package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools@8.0.22

#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.

#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools&version=8.0.22
                    

                            Install as a Cake Addin

#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools&version=8.0.22
                    

                            Install as a Cake Tool

The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.

The Entity Framework Core tools help with design-time development tasks. They're primarily used to manage Migrations and to scaffold a DbContext and entity types by reverse engineering the schema of a database.

This package, Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools is for PowerShell tooling that works in the Visual Studio Package Manager Console (PMC).

Usage

Install the tools package by running the following in the Visual Studio PMC:

Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools

The available commands are listed in the following table.

PMC Command	Usage
Add-Migration	Adds a new migration.
Bundle-Migration	Creates an executable to update the database.
Drop-Database	Drops the database.
Get-DbContext	Gets information about a `DbContext` type.
Get-Help EntityFramework	Displays information about Entity Framework commands.
Get-Migration	Lists available migrations.
Optimize-DbContext	Generates a compiled version of the model used by the `DbContext`.
Remove-Migration	Removes the last migration.
Scaffold-DbContext	Generates a `DbContext` and entity type classes for a specified database.
Script-DbContext	Generates a SQL script from the `DbContext`. Bypasses any migrations.
Script-Migration	Generates a SQL script from the migrations.
Update-Database	Updates the database to the last migration or to a specified migration.

Getting started with EF Core

See Getting started with EF Core for more information about EF NuGet packages, including which to install when getting started.

Feedback

If you encounter a bug or issues with this package,you can open an Github issue. For more details, see getting support.

Product	Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.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 was computed. 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 was computed. 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.

Product

.NET

Compatible target framework(s)

Included target framework(s) (in package)

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

net8.0
- Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design (>= 8.0.22)

NuGet packages (323)

Showing the top 5 NuGet packages that depend on Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools:

Package	Downloads
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App Provides a default set of APIs for building an ASP.NET Core application. This package requires the ASP.NET Core runtime. This runtime is installed by the .NET Core SDK, or can be acquired separately using installers available at https://aka.ms/dotnet-download.	40.3M
Microsoft.AspNetCore.All Provides a default set of APIs for building an ASP.NET Core application, and also includes API for third-party integrations with ASP.NET Core. This package requires the ASP.NET Core runtime. This runtime is installed by the .NET Core SDK, or can be acquired separately using installers available at https://aka.ms/dotnet-download.	35.9M
JoreNoe Redis并发优化	1.7M
ImmediaC.SimpleCms ASP.NET Core based CMS	606.5K
StatisticManagers-CMS Page Display Auth Process	491.5K

GitHub repositories (568)

Showing the top 20 popular GitHub repositories that depend on Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools:

Repository	Stars
jellyfin/jellyfin The Free Software Media System - Server Backend & API	46.9K
dotnet/maui .NET MAUI is the .NET Multi-platform App UI, a framework for building native device applications spanning mobile, tablet, and desktop.	23.1K
ardalis/CleanArchitecture Clean Architecture Solution Template: A proven Clean Architecture Template for ASP.NET Core 10	17.9K
abpframework/abp Open-source web application framework for ASP.NET Core! Offers an opinionated architecture to build enterprise software solutions with best practices on top of the .NET. Provides the fundamental infrastructure, cross-cutting-concern implementations, startup templates, application modules, UI themes, tooling and documentation.	14.1K
dotnet/AspNetCore.Docs Documentation for ASP.NET Core	13.0K
aspnetboilerplate/aspnetboilerplate ASP.NET Boilerplate - Web Application Framework	12.0K
dotnet-architecture/eShopOnWeb Sample ASP.NET Core 8.0 reference application, now community supported: https://github.com/NimblePros/eShopOnWeb	10.6K
dotnet/eShop A reference .NET application implementing an eCommerce site	9.8K
EduardoPires/EquinoxProject Web Application ASP.NET 9 using Clean Architecture, DDD, CQRS, Event Sourcing and a lot of good practices	6.8K
ant-design-blazor/ant-design-blazor 🌈A rich set of enterprise-class UI components based on Ant Design and Blazor.	6.1K
danielgerlag/workflow-core Lightweight workflow engine for .NET Standard	5.8K
ServiceStack/ServiceStack Thoughtfully architected, obscenely fast, thoroughly enjoyable web services for all	5.5K
dotnet/aspire Aspire is the tool for code-first, extensible, observable dev and deploy.	5.3K
jasontaylordev/NorthwindTraders Northwind Traders is a sample application built using ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core.	5.0K
immense/Remotely A remote control and remote scripting solution, built with .NET 8, Blazor, and SignalR.	5.0K
rmcrackan/Libation Libation: Liberate your Library	5.0K
microsoft/fluentui-blazor Microsoft Fluent UI Blazor components library. For use with ASP.NET Core Blazor applications	4.6K
dotnetcore/Util Util是一个.Net平台下的应用框架，旨在提升中小团队的开发能力，由工具类、分层架构基类、Ui组件，配套代码生成模板，权限等组成。	4.6K
DearVa/Everywhere A context-aware AI assistant for your desktop. Ready to respond intelligently, seamlessly integrating multiple LLMs and MCP tools.	4.6K
simplcommerce/SimplCommerce A simple, cross platform, modulith ecommerce system built on .NET	4.4K