dotnet-overview 3.2.0

dotnet-overview

A .NET tool that displays an overview of all projects in a directory, showing information such as project names, target frameworks, and SDK format. It recursively scans .csproj files and displays a formatted table with key project information. It can also output JSON for advanced filtering and scripting.

Install

dotnet tool install -g dotnet-overview

Use

Display an overview of projects in the current directory:

dotnet overview

Display an overview of projects in a specific path:

dotnet overview /path/to/directory

Show project file paths instead of names:

dotnet overview --show-paths

Show absolute paths:

dotnet overview --absolute-paths

Show count of projects found:

dotnet overview --count

Output as JSON for scripting:

dotnet overview --json

Advanced usage

Some examples using PowerShell to filter the JSON output.

Show projects matching a specific name:

(dotnet overview -j | ConvertFrom-Json) | where Name -eq 'MyProject'

Show projects with names matching a pattern:

(dotnet overview -j | ConvertFrom-Json) | where Name -like 'test*'

Group by target framework all projects not using the new SDK csproj format and sort by count descending:

(dotnet overview -j | ConvertFrom-Json) | where SdkFormat -eq $false | select TargetFramework | group -Property TargetFramework -NoElement | sort -Property Count -Descending

Upgrade

dotnet tool update -g dotnet-overview

Uninstall

dotnet tool uninstall -g dotnet-overview