MSBuild

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MSBuild
Developer(s)Microsoft, .NET Foundation
Initial release2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Stable release
v17.8.3 / 15 November 2023; 12 months ago (2023-11-15)[1]
Repository
Written inC#
Operating systemCross-platform
Platform.NET Framework, .NET
TypeBuild tool
LicenseMIT License
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Microsoft Build Engine, or MSBuild,[2][3] is a set of free and open-source build tools for managed code under the Common Language Infrastructure as well as native C and C++ code. It was first released in 2003 and was a part of .NET Framework. MSBuild is included with Visual Studio, but can also be run independently through MSBuild's command-line interface.[4]

  1. ^ "Latest release". Microsoft/msbuild. GitHub. Microsoft. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  2. ^ "microsoft/msbuild: The Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) is the build platform for .NET and Visual Studio". GitHub. Microsoft. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  3. ^ Hashimi, Sayed Ibrahim; Bartholomew, William (2009). Inside the Microsoft Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build. Microsoft Press. p. 406. ISBN 978-0-7356-2628-7.
  4. ^ "MSBuild". MSBuild. Microsoft Docs. Retrieved 2019-07-23.