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The PowerShell Gallery is the central repository for PowerShell content. In it, you can find PowerShell scripts, modules containing PowerShell cmdlets and Desired State Configuration (DSC) resources. Some of these packages are authored by Microsoft, and others are authored by the PowerShell community.

The PowerShellGet module

The PowerShellGet module contains cmdlets for discovering, installing, updating, and publishing PowerShell packages from the PowerShell Gallery. These packages can contain artifacts such as Modules, DSC Resources, Role Capabilities, and Scripts.

Version history

Windows PowerShell 5.1 comes with version 1.0.0.1 of PowerShellGet preinstalled.

Important

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.

For best results, use the latest version of the PowerShellGet module. See Installing PowerShellGet for complete instructions. The cmdlet reference documentation on this site documents the latest version.

Check out the Getting Started page for more information on how to use PowerShellGet commands with the Gallery. You can also run Update-Help -Module PowerShellGet -Force to install local help for these commands.

PowerShell is cross-platform, which means it works on Windows, Linux, and macOS. That also makes PowerShellGet available on those systems. For a full list of systems supported by PowerShell see Installing PowerShell.

Modules in the PowerShell Gallery can support different operating systems and have additional requirements. For information, see the documentation for the module.

Got a question? Have feedback?

More information about the PowerShell Gallery and PowerShellGet can be found in the Getting Started page.

To see the current status of the PowerShell Gallery services, see the PowerShell Gallery Status page on GitHub.

Please provide feedback and report issues in the GitHub repository.