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Expand Up @@ -25,25 +25,19 @@ Install and consume 3rd-party client-side libraries with ease.
- Very fast

## Installation
- Fully integrated into Visual Studio 2017 and newer
- Available as an add-in for Visual Studio for Mac
- From the main menu, open the Extensions Manager dialog.
- Select the Gallery tab.
- Expand IDE extensions.
- Select the Library Manager addin
- Click the Refresh button if the addin is not visible.
- Click Install… to install the addin.
- Restart Visual Studio for Mac.

Please read the [LibMan support in Visual Studio for Mac blog post](https://lastexitcode.com/blog/2019/07/13/LibManSupportInVisualStudioMac8-1/) for more details
- IDE integration pre-installed with Visual Studio 2017 and newer
- Available as a dotnet global tool - [Microsoft.Web.LibraryManager.Cli](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Web.LibraryManager.Cli/)
- MSBuild integration as a NuGet package - [Microsoft.Web.LibraryManager.Build](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Web.LibraryManager.Build)

## Getting started
Right-click any web project in Solution Explorer and hit **Manage Client-side Libraries...**.
In Visual Studio, right-click any web project in Solution Explorer and hit **Manage Client-side Libraries...**.

![Context menu](art/context-menu-project.png)

This will create a `libman.json` file in the root of the project.

Or with the CLI tool, run `libman init` to create a libman.json in the current folder.

## libman.json

### Context menu
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