Download Nuget Packages Without VS/NuGet Package Manager

Question

How can I download NuGet Packages outside of visual studio? so it can be used to create offline packages.

Answer 1

You can download NuGet packages outside of Visual Studio using:

NuGet Package Explorer

NuGet Package Explorer is a ClickOnce application which allows creating and exploring NuGet packages easily. After installing it, you can double click on a .nupkg file to view the package content. You can also load packages directly from the official NuGet feed.

Open a package from online feed:

And export the package to the desired location: