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

Chrome Plugin "NuTake" provides a direct download link.

Rename extension to .zip and extract

Answer 2

Install the NuGet command line program:

The NuGet command line may be installed onto a machine in a few possible ways.

1. Direct download of the executable from https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe. The executable may be placed anywhere on the file system, and in most cases should be placed in a directory that is listed in the PATH environment variable.
2. Install the NuGet.CommandLine package from the NuGet Visual Studio client and either move nuget.exe to a common location or execute it in the context of your project.
3. Install the NuGet.CommandLine Chocolatey package using the Chocolatey client. More information on Chocolatey can be found at [http://chocolatey.org].

Then run nuget install package to download and install package in the current directory.

More about the NuGet command line program:

• Command Line Reference

Answer 3

How to download NuGet Package without Visual Studio or Nuget Package Manager:

1. Search your desired package at NuGet Official Site.

2. Copy the end of the URL of the package page. For Example: http://nuget.org/packages/EntityFramework => Package Name is "EntityFramework"

3. Enter the URL: http://packages.nuget.org/api/v1/package/{Package Name} For Example: http://packages.nuget.org/api/v1/package/EntityFramework

Answer 4

You can download nuget packages using - vnuget.org.

On this website you can also view content of nuget package - http://vnuget.org/packages/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/5.2.3.

Answer 5

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:

Answer 6

Here are a few examples that can add to DeePak's answer:

This one downloads AutoMapper from NuGet.org

nuget.exe install AutoMapper  -OutputDirectory c:\Temp\LotsOfPackages -Version 6.2.2

This one downloads MyCustomPackage from an internal TFS Nuget feed

nuget.exe install MyCustomPackage  -OutputDirectory c:\Temp\LotsOfPackages -Source "http://tfs.myCompany.com:8080/tfs/TFSArea/_packaging/FeedName/nuget/v3/index.json" -Version 1.0.0.2

Notes

• Keep in mind that the install command will get the package in question AND all its NuGet dependencies. So, be careful about just dumping this into the directory where you running. Thus, I added OutputDirectory to the command.
• For internal Nuget packages/feeds, the Source URL is available via TFS. Go to your packages tab and find your specific feed URL. If it has any spaces that have been encoded with %20, you need to replace them with spaces.
• CLI command reference
• Copy packages from one NuGet feed to another