Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools 8.0.21

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Requires NuGet 3.6 or higher.

dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools --version 8.0.21

NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools -Version 8.0.21

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="8.0.21">
  <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="8.0.21" />
                    

                            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 8.0.21

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#r "nuget: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools, 8.0.21"

#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@8.0.21

#: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=8.0.21
                    

                            Install as a Cake Addin

#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools&version=8.0.21
                    

                            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 (>= 8.0.21)

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