How to use Microsoft Library Manager (LibMan)

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0400

LibMan is a lightweight tool for managing client side libraries. It is integrated in Visual Studio 2017+ or it can be installed as a .NET tool using the following command:

dotnet tool install --global Microsoft.Web.LibraryManager.Cli

To set up LibMan, go to your project’s root directory and run this:

libman init

This creates a libman.json file which looks like this:

{
  "version": "1.0",
  "defaultProvider": "cdnjs",
  "libraries": []
}

You can then customize the libman file with the libraries you want to use:

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How to use Microsoft Library Manager (LibMan)