dotnet-ef
9.0.4
Prefix Reserved
There is a newer prerelease version of this package available.
See the version list below for details.
See the version list below for details.
dotnet tool install --global dotnet-ef --version 9.0.4
This package contains a .NET tool you can call from the shell/command line.
dotnet new tool-manifest
dotnet tool install --local dotnet-ef --version 9.0.4
This package contains a .NET tool you can call from the shell/command line.
#tool dotnet:?package=dotnet-ef&version=9.0.4
The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.
nuke :add-package dotnet-ef --version 9.0.4
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, dotnet-ef is for cross-platform command line tooling that can be used anywhere.
Usage
Install the tool package using:
dotnet tool install --global dotnet-ef
The available commands are listed in the following table.
| Command | Usage |
|---|---|
| dotnet ef --help | Displays information about Entity Framework commands. |
| dotnet ef database drop | Drops the database. |
| dotnet ef database update | Updates the database to the last migration or to a specified migration |
| dotnet ef dbcontext info | Gets information about a DbContext type. |
| dotnet ef dbcontext list | Lists available DbContext types. |
| dotnet ef dbcontext optimize | Generates a compiled version of the model used by the DbContext. |
| dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold | Generates a DbContext and entity type classes for a specified database. |
| dotnet ef dbcontext script | Generates a SQL script from the DbContext. Bypasses any migrations. |
| dotnet ef migrations add | Adds a new migration. |
| dotnet ef migrations bundle | Creates an executable to update the database. |
| dotnet ef migrations has-pending-model-changes | Checks if any changes have been made to the model since the last migration. |
| dotnet ef migrations list | Lists available migrations. |
| dotnet ef migrations remove | Removes the last migration. |
| dotnet ef migrations script | Generates a SQL script from the migrations. |
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 | Versions 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. |
Compatible target framework(s)
Included target framework(s) (in package)
Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.
This package has no dependencies.
| Version | Downloads | Last updated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0.0-preview.3.25171.6 | 246 | 4/10/2025 | |
| 10.0.0-preview.2.25163.8 | 636 | 3/18/2025 | |
| 10.0.0-preview.1.25081.1 | 696 | 2/25/2025 | |
| 9.0.4 | 360,603 | 4/8/2025 | |
| 9.0.3 | 1,579,656 | 3/11/2025 | |
| 9.0.2 | 1,568,730 | 2/11/2025 | |
| 9.0.1 | 1,420,155 | 1/14/2025 | |
| 9.0.0 | 2,652,394 | 11/12/2024 | |
| 9.0.0-rc.2.24474.1 | 5,288 | 10/8/2024 | |
| 9.0.0-rc.1.24451.1 | 2,760 | 9/10/2024 | |
| 9.0.0-preview.7.24405.3 | 1,668 | 8/13/2024 | |
| 9.0.0-preview.6.24327.4 | 2,016 | 7/9/2024 | |
| 9.0.0-preview.5.24306.3 | 1,766 | 6/11/2024 | |
| 9.0.0-preview.4.24267.1 | 1,257 | 5/21/2024 | |
| 9.0.0-preview.3.24172.4 | 1,810 | 4/11/2024 | |
| 9.0.0-preview.2.24128.4 | 1,520 | 3/12/2024 | |
| 9.0.0-preview.1.24081.2 | 1,867 | 2/13/2024 | |
| 8.0.15 | 20,399 | 4/8/2025 | |
| 8.0.14 | 132,554 | 3/11/2025 | |
| 8.0.13 | 126,645 | 2/11/2025 | |
| 8.0.12 | 177,283 | 1/14/2025 | |
| 8.0.11 | 445,760 | 11/12/2024 | |
| 8.0.10 | 2,038,063 | 10/8/2024 | |
| 8.0.8 | 3,376,436 | 8/13/2024 | |
| 8.0.7 | 1,825,205 | 7/9/2024 | |
| 8.0.6 | 2,631,878 | 5/28/2024 | |
| 8.0.5 | 857,217 | 5/14/2024 | |
| 8.0.4 | 2,061,974 | 4/9/2024 | |
| 8.0.3 | 1,457,392 | 3/12/2024 | |
| 8.0.2 | 1,575,043 | 2/13/2024 | |
| 8.0.1 | 1,990,626 | 1/9/2024 | |
| 8.0.0 | 2,984,048 | 11/14/2023 | |
| 8.0.0-rc.2.23480.1 | 19,715 | 10/10/2023 | |
| 8.0.0-rc.1.23419.6 | 7,939 | 9/12/2023 | |
| 8.0.0-preview.7.23375.4 | 2,197 | 8/8/2023 | |
| 8.0.0-preview.6.23329.4 | 2,910 | 7/11/2023 | |
| 8.0.0-preview.5.23280.1 | 1,790 | 6/13/2023 | |
| 8.0.0-preview.4.23259.3 | 2,154 | 5/16/2023 | |
| 8.0.0-preview.3.23174.2 | 2,496 | 4/11/2023 | |
| 8.0.0-preview.2.23128.3 | 2,071 | 3/14/2023 | |
| 8.0.0-preview.1.23111.4 | 1,006 | 2/21/2023 | |
| 7.0.20 | 188,423 | 5/28/2024 | |
| 7.0.19 | 32,830 | 5/14/2024 | |
| 7.0.18 | 67,412 | 4/9/2024 | |
| 7.0.17 | 97,135 | 3/12/2024 | |
| 7.0.16 | 141,347 | 2/13/2024 | |
| 7.0.15 | 175,658 | 1/9/2024 | |
| 7.0.14 | 912,490 | 11/14/2023 | |
| 7.0.13 | 1,482,830 | 10/24/2023 | |
| 7.0.12 | 670,300 | 10/10/2023 | |
| 7.0.11 | 1,254,735 | 9/12/2023 | |
| 7.0.10 | 1,596,268 | 8/8/2023 | |
| 7.0.9 | 1,117,139 | 7/11/2023 | |
| 7.0.8 | 755,059 | 6/22/2023 | |
| 7.0.7 | 432,528 | 6/13/2023 | |
| 7.0.5 | 2,538,755 | 4/11/2023 | |
| 7.0.4 | 1,037,426 | 3/14/2023 | |
| 7.0.3 | 1,229,717 | 2/14/2023 | |
| 7.0.2 | 1,359,144 | 1/10/2023 | |
| 7.0.1 | 776,837 | 12/13/2022 | |
| 7.0.0 | 1,623,229 | 11/7/2022 | |
| 7.0.0-rc.2.22472.11 | 3,980 | 10/11/2022 | |
| 7.0.0-rc.1.22426.7 | 3,402 | 9/14/2022 | |
| 7.0.0-preview.7.22376.2 | 1,755 | 8/9/2022 | |
| 7.0.0-preview.6.22329.4 | 2,779 | 7/12/2022 | |
| 7.0.0-preview.5.22302.2 | 2,660 | 6/14/2022 | |
| 7.0.0-preview.4.22229.2 | 2,639 | 5/10/2022 | |
| 7.0.0-preview.3.22175.1 | 1,085 | 4/13/2022 | |
| 7.0.0-preview.2.22153.1 | 808 | 3/14/2022 | |
| 7.0.0-preview.1.22076.6 | 2,146 | 2/17/2022 | |
| 6.0.36 | 75,416 | 11/12/2024 | |
| 6.0.35 | 40,727 | 10/8/2024 | |
| 6.0.33 | 58,891 | 8/13/2024 | |
| 6.0.32 | 28,076 | 7/9/2024 | |
| 6.0.31 | 60,936 | 5/28/2024 | |
| 6.0.30 | 21,027 | 5/14/2024 | |
| 6.0.29 | 61,395 | 4/9/2024 | |
| 6.0.28 | 68,605 | 3/12/2024 | |
| 6.0.27 | 57,886 | 2/13/2024 | |
| 6.0.26 | 83,770 | 1/9/2024 | |
| 6.0.25 | 230,247 | 11/14/2023 | |
| 6.0.24 | 55,843 | 10/24/2023 | |
| 6.0.23 | 38,448 | 10/10/2023 | |
| 6.0.22 | 52,269 | 9/12/2023 | |
| 6.0.21 | 92,341 | 8/8/2023 | |
| 6.0.20 | 71,183 | 7/11/2023 | |
| 6.0.19 | 58,629 | 6/22/2023 | |
| 6.0.18 | 35,687 | 6/13/2023 | |
| 6.0.16 | 148,403 | 4/11/2023 | |
| 6.0.15 | 108,138 | 3/14/2023 | |
| 6.0.14 | 144,042 | 2/14/2023 | |
| 6.0.13 | 166,798 | 1/10/2023 | |
| 6.0.12 | 139,673 | 12/13/2022 | |
| 6.0.11 | 299,580 | 11/7/2022 | |
| 6.0.10 | 1,343,182 | 10/11/2022 | |
| 6.0.9 | 1,039,297 | 9/13/2022 | |
| 6.0.8 | 1,627,726 | 8/9/2022 | |
| 6.0.7 | 1,399,221 | 7/12/2022 | |
| 6.0.6 | 1,146,758 | 6/14/2022 | |
| 6.0.5 | 1,717,732 | 5/10/2022 | |
| 6.0.4 | 682,384 | 4/11/2022 | |
| 6.0.3 | 812,882 | 3/8/2022 | |
| 6.0.2 | 621,964 | 2/8/2022 | |
| 6.0.1 | 1,056,067 | 12/14/2021 | |
| 6.0.0 | 1,201,288 | 11/8/2021 | |
| 6.0.0-rc.2.21480.5 | 7,180 | 10/12/2021 | |
| 6.0.0-rc.1.21452.10 | 9,160 | 9/14/2021 | |
| 6.0.0-preview.7.21378.4 | 13,430 | 8/10/2021 | |
| 6.0.0-preview.6.21352.1 | 1,419 | 7/14/2021 | |
| 6.0.0-preview.5.21301.9 | 1,871 | 6/15/2021 | |
| 6.0.0-preview.4.21253.1 | 1,073 | 5/24/2021 | |
| 6.0.0-preview.3.21201.2 | 9,256 | 4/8/2021 | |
| 6.0.0-preview.2.21154.2 | 1,546 | 3/11/2021 | |
| 6.0.0-preview.1.21102.2 | 1,502 | 2/12/2021 | |
| 5.0.17 | 218,708 | 5/10/2022 | |
| 5.0.16 | 22,557 | 4/11/2022 | |
| 5.0.15 | 20,650 | 3/8/2022 | |
| 5.0.14 | 18,256 | 2/8/2022 | |
| 5.0.13 | 37,785 | 12/14/2021 | |
| 5.0.12 | 61,390 | 11/7/2021 | |
| 5.0.11 | 408,771 | 10/12/2021 | |
| 5.0.10 | 459,234 | 9/14/2021 | |
| 5.0.9 | 425,795 | 8/10/2021 | |
| 5.0.8 | 370,011 | 7/13/2021 | |
| 5.0.7 | 450,796 | 6/8/2021 | |
| 5.0.6 | 439,464 | 5/11/2021 | |
| 5.0.5 | 503,614 | 4/6/2021 | |
| 5.0.4 | 296,619 | 3/9/2021 | |
| 5.0.3 | 380,144 | 2/9/2021 | |
| 5.0.2 | 328,745 | 1/12/2021 | |
| 5.0.1 | 379,428 | 12/8/2020 | |
| 5.0.0 | 478,899 | 11/9/2020 | |
| 5.0.0-rc.2.20475.6 | 6,729 | 10/13/2020 | |
| 5.0.0-rc.1.20451.13 | 11,017 | 9/14/2020 | |
| 5.0.0-preview.8.20407.4 | 3,013 | 8/25/2020 | |
| 5.0.0-preview.7.20365.15 | 1,719 | 7/21/2020 | |
| 5.0.0-preview.6.20312.4 | 4,660 | 6/25/2020 | |
| 5.0.0-preview.5.20278.2 | 2,278 | 6/10/2020 | |
| 5.0.0-preview.4.20220.10 | 915 | 5/18/2020 | |
| 5.0.0-preview.3.20181.2 | 1,439 | 4/23/2020 | |
| 5.0.0-preview.2.20159.4 | 803 | 4/2/2020 | |
| 5.0.0-preview.2.20120.8 | 1,097 | 3/16/2020 | |
| 3.1.32 | 82,887 | 12/13/2022 | |
| 3.1.31 | 10,134 | 11/8/2022 | |
| 3.1.30 | 11,116 | 10/11/2022 | |
| 3.1.29 | 12,634 | 9/13/2022 | |
| 3.1.28 | 22,385 | 8/9/2022 | |
| 3.1.27 | 25,689 | 7/12/2022 | |
| 3.1.26 | 28,905 | 6/14/2022 | |
| 3.1.25 | 13,031 | 5/10/2022 | |
| 3.1.24 | 9,206 | 4/11/2022 | |
| 3.1.23 | 12,801 | 3/8/2022 | |
| 3.1.22 | 27,349 | 12/14/2021 | |
| 3.1.21 | 21,410 | 11/7/2021 | |
| 3.1.20 | 16,233 | 10/11/2021 | |
| 3.1.19 | 21,846 | 9/14/2021 | |
| 3.1.18 | 27,647 | 8/10/2021 | |
| 3.1.17 | 25,367 | 7/13/2021 | |
| 3.1.16 | 23,724 | 6/8/2021 | |
| 3.1.15 | 17,633 | 5/11/2021 | |
| 3.1.14 | 45,336 | 4/6/2021 | |
| 3.1.13 | 41,027 | 3/9/2021 | |
| 3.1.12 | 48,753 | 2/9/2021 | |
| 3.1.11 | 34,198 | 1/12/2021 | |
| 3.1.10 | 127,337 | 11/9/2020 | |
| 3.1.9 | 328,859 | 10/13/2020 | |
| 3.1.8 | 373,350 | 9/8/2020 | |
| 3.1.7 | 315,314 | 8/11/2020 | |
| 3.1.6 | 332,879 | 7/14/2020 | |
| 3.1.5 | 321,060 | 6/9/2020 | |
| 3.1.4 | 304,610 | 5/12/2020 | |
| 3.1.3 | 528,173 | 3/24/2020 | |
| 3.1.2 | 354,797 | 2/19/2020 | |
| 3.1.1 | 516,577 | 1/14/2020 | |
| 3.1.0 | 508,691 | 12/3/2019 | |
| 3.1.0-preview3.19554.8 | 3,878 | 11/13/2019 | |
| 3.1.0-preview2.19525.5 | 863 | 11/1/2019 | |
| 3.1.0-preview1.19506.2 | 2,158 | 10/15/2019 | |
| 3.0.3 | 12,125 | 2/19/2020 | |
| 3.0.2 | 9,258 | 1/14/2020 | |
| 3.0.1 | 25,324 | 11/18/2019 | |
| 3.0.0 | 551,107 | 9/23/2019 | |
| 3.0.0-rc1.19456.14 | 1,865 | 9/16/2019 | |
| 3.0.0-preview9.19423.6 | 3,282 | 9/4/2019 | |
| 3.0.0-preview8.19405.11 | 5,636 | 8/13/2019 | |
| 3.0.0-preview7.19362.6 | 6,960 | 7/23/2019 | |
| 3.0.0-preview6.19304.10 | 2,437 | 6/12/2019 | |
| 3.0.0-preview5.19227.1 | 2,620 | 5/6/2019 | |
| 3.0.0-preview4.19216.3 | 8,276 | 4/18/2019 | |
| 3.0.0-preview3.19153.1 | 1,395 | 3/6/2019 | |
| 3.0.0-preview.19074.3 | 2,131 | 1/29/2019 | |
| 3.0.0-preview.18572.1 | 2,865 | 12/3/2018 | |
| 2.2.6 | 78,141 | 7/9/2019 | |
| 2.2.3 | 8,862 | 3/11/2019 | |
| 2.2.2 | 9,500 | 2/12/2019 | |
| 2.2.1 | 9,428 | 1/8/2019 | |
| 2.2.0 | 38,820 | 12/3/2018 | |
| 2.2.0-preview3-35497 | 7,766 | 10/17/2018 | |
| 2.2.0-preview2-35157 | 7,826 | 9/12/2018 | |
| 2.2.0-preview1-35029 | 7,957 | 8/22/2018 | |
| 2.1.14 | 24,993 | 11/18/2019 | |
| 2.1.11 | 11,013 | 5/14/2019 | |
| 2.1.8 | 8,411 | 2/12/2019 | |
| 2.1.4 | 19,860 | 10/1/2018 | |
| 2.1.3 | 9,279 | 9/11/2018 | |
| 2.1.2 | 8,580 | 8/21/2018 | |
| 2.1.1 | 13,668 | 6/18/2018 | |
| 2.1.0 | 37,803 | 5/29/2018 |