vfox-dotnet

A vfox / mise plugin for managing .NET SDK versions.

Features

• Dynamic version fetching: Automatically fetches available versions from Microsoft's official API
• Always up-to-date: No static version list to maintain
• Supports all .NET versions: Including previews, LTS, and STS releases
• Cross-platform: Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows
• Legacy file support: Reads version from global.json

Installation

With mise

mise install dotnet@latest
mise install dotnet@9.0.309
mise install dotnet@8.0.404

With vfox

vfox add dotnet
vfox install dotnet@latest

Usage

# List all available versions
mise list-all dotnet

# Install a specific version
mise install dotnet@9.0.309

# Set global version
mise use -g dotnet@9.0.309

# Set local version (creates .mise.toml)
mise use dotnet@8.0.404

Environment Variables

This plugin sets the following environment variables:

• PATH - Adds the .NET SDK directory to PATH
• DOTNET_ROOT - Points to the .NET SDK installation directory

global.json Support

The plugin automatically reads .NET SDK version from global.json files:

{
  "sdk": {
    "version": "8.0.100"
  }
}

How It Works

This plugin fetches version information directly from Microsoft's official release metadata API:

• releases-index.json - Index of all .NET channels
• Per-channel release data (e.g., 10.0/releases.json, 9.0/releases.json)

Installation uses Microsoft's official dotnet-install.sh (or dotnet-install.ps1 on Windows) script.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.