PlatformKit 4.4.0

There is a newer prerelease version of this package available.
See the version list below for details.
dotnet add package PlatformKit --version 4.4.0                
NuGet\Install-Package PlatformKit -Version 4.4.0                
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="PlatformKit" Version="4.4.0" />                
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
paket add PlatformKit --version 4.4.0                
#r "nuget: PlatformKit, 4.4.0"                
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
// Install PlatformKit as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=PlatformKit&version=4.4.0

// Install PlatformKit as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=PlatformKit&version=4.4.0                

PlatformKit

About PlatformKit

PlatformKit is a C# .NET library focusing on dealing with cross-platform OS detection, OS version detection, platform specific code, and platform specific issues.

This can be added to any .NET Standard 2.0, .NET 6, or .NET 8 supported Application or Library.

NOTE: .NET Standard 2 and .NET 6 support is deprecated and will be removed in PlatformKit 5.

Compatibility

PlatformKit Version series .NET Targets supported
4.x .NET Standard 2.0, .NET 6 (Explicit support) , and .NET 8 (Explicit support)
3.0.0 through 3.7.x .NET Standard 2.0 and .NET 6 (Explicit support)

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How to get PlatformKit

You can get PlatformKit on Nuget

PlatformKit Capabilities

To learn more about which versions of PlatformKit support which features, please check out our feature comparison document

Contributions

See Contributing guide for how to contribute to this project.

Apps and Libraries built with PlatformKit

If you'd like to add your app here and it uses this library then please submit a new issue asking for this.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 was computed.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 is compatible.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  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. 
.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Tizen tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed. 
Xamarin.Mac xamarinmac was computed. 
Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos was computed. 
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed. 
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NuGet packages (2)

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PlatformKit.Software

A C# library to detect installed software and more.

PlatformKit.Hardware

Hardware Detection made easy in C#. From the creators of PlatformKit.

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## Changes since 4.3.0

### Additions
* Added a replacement model for ``MacOsSystemInformation`` called ``MacOsSystemInformationModel``
* Added additional methods to ``LinuxOsReleaseRetriever``

### General Changes
* Improved performance of ``LinuxOsReleaseRetriever``
* Removed commented out code
* Cleaned up ``PlatformKitIdentification``
* Started work on re-structuring PlatformKit going forward
* Minor internal tweaks and improvements

### Deprecations
* Deprecated ``MacOsSystemInformation``
* Deprecated a number of methods in ``MacOsAnalyzer``
* Deprecated a number of methods in ``LinuxAnalyzer``
* Deprecated ``FreeBsdAnalyzer``
* Deprecated ``Platform`` enum
* Deprecated ``NetworkCardModel`` enum