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microsoft.build.engine

NuGet · v17.12.50 · MIT

This package contains the Microsoft.Build.Engine assembly which contains the legacy compatibility shim for the MSBuild engine. NOTE: This assembly is deprecated.

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Install

dotnet add package microsoft.build.engine

Adoption

All-time downloads
4.6M
Observeddownloads, all time
Popularity
Lower half on NuGet
Derived37th percentile within NuGet
Dependents
Not published by NuGet
Not published
Maintenance
0.32
DerivedRelease cadence and recency, 0 to 1
Releases per year
5.7
52 versions over its life

Growth by period

Derived by Crest of Tech from two observations of NuGet’s own figure, a period apart. Nothing is stored or estimated: without an observation near the period’s start, the period is still collecting.

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1 year
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Adoption history

Adoption historydownloads, all time

Observations in this range began OCT 6, 2026. The chart appears after 7 observations; 2 so far. Collecting history.

Table of observations (2)
Daydownloads, all time
OCT 24, 20264,572,127
OCT 6, 20264,512,998

Facts from the registry

Latest version
v17.12.50
52 versions
First published
SEP 9, 2016
Last release
OCT 14, 2025
12mo ago
Licence
MIT

Repository

In the Crest catalog

dotnet/msbuild

The Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) is the build platform for .NET and Visual Studio.

Stars
5.6K
Forks
1.5K
Language
C#
Last push
22d ago
Last release
46d ago

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Dependencies latest version · v17.12.50

Runtime 2

  • Microsoft.Build.Framework17.12.50
  • System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe6.0.0

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