PowerShellGet

PowerShellGet is a module with commands for discovering, installing, updating and publishing PowerShell artifacts like Modules, DSC Resources, Role Capabilities, and Scripts.

Important

Windows PowerShell 5.1 comes with version 1.0.0.1 of PowerShellGet preinstalled. This version of PowerShellGet has a limited features and doesn't support the updated capabilities of the PowerShell Gallery. To be supported, you must update to the latest version.

PowerShell 6.0 shipped with version 1.6.0 of PowerShellGet. PowerShell 7.0 shipped with version 2.2.3 of PowerShellGet. The current supported version of PowerShellGet is 2.2.5. If you are running Windows PowerShell 5.1, you must install a newer version.

The cmdlet reference documentation on this site documents the latest version of the module.

Important

The PowerShell Gallery only supports Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 or higher. Use the following command to ensure you are using TLS 1.2:

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12

For more information, see the announcement in the PowerShell blog.

PowerShellGet

Find-Command	Finds PowerShell commands in modules.
Find-DscResource	Finds Desired State Configuration (DSC) resources.
Find-Module	Finds modules in a repository that match specified criteria.
Find-RoleCapability	Finds role capabilities in modules.
Find-Script	Finds a script.
Get-InstalledModule	Gets a list of modules on the computer that were installed by PowerShellGet.
Get-InstalledScript	Gets an installed script.
Get-PSRepository	Gets PowerShell repositories.
Install-Module	Downloads one or more modules from a repository, and installs them on the local computer.
Install-Script	Installs a script.
New-ScriptFileInfo	Creates a script file with metadata.
Publish-Module	Publishes a specified module from the local computer to an online gallery.
Publish-Script	Publishes a script.
Register-PSRepository	Registers a PowerShell repository.
Save-Module	Saves a module and its dependencies on the local computer but doesn't install the module.
Save-Script	Saves a script.
Set-PSRepository	Sets values for a registered repository.
Test-ScriptFileInfo	Validates a comment block for a script.
Uninstall-Module	Uninstalls a module.
Uninstall-Script	Uninstalls a script.
Unregister-PSRepository	Unregisters a repository.
Update-Module	Downloads and installs the newest version of specified modules from an online gallery to the local computer.
Update-ModuleManifest	Updates a module manifest file.
Update-Script	Updates a script.
Update-ScriptFileInfo	Updates information for a script.