NuGet Packages

There are a number of NuGet packages supplied for SpecFlow:

  • SpecFlow : The main SpecFlow package. Add this package to your project to install SpecFlow.

  • Unit test provider packages: These packages are used to configure your unit test provider from SpecFlow 3. You should only install one of the packages. Installing more than one package will result in an error.
    The following packages are available:

    • SpecRun.SpecFlow-3.3.0

    • SpecFlow.xUnit

    • SpecFlow.MsTest

    • SpecFlow.NUnit

  • SpecFlow.Tools.MsBuild.Generation: This package generates the code-behind files required by SpecFlow using MSBuild. This package is not required prior to SpecFlow 3, but we strongly recommend using MSBuild to generate your code behind files with all versions of SpecFlow!

Note: The SpecFlow NuGet package only contains SpecFlow’s generator and the runtime components. You still need to install the IDE integration.

The easiest way to add these packages to your project is to right-click your project and select Manage NuGet Packages. You can add SpecFlow to your project with the NuGet Package Management Console with

Install-Package SpecFlow -ProjectName myproject

The SpecFlow.CustomPlugin NuGet package can be used to implement custom plugins for SpecFlow.

NuGet packages after 3.0

SpecFlow

https://www.nuget.org/packages/SpecFlow/

This is the main package of SpecFlow and contains all parts needed at Runtime.

SpecFlow.Tools.MsBuild.Generation

https://www.nuget.org/packages/SpecFlow.Tools.MsBuild.Generation/

This package enables the code-behind file generation at build time.

>= 3.0

It is mandatory for projects to use. After SpecFlow 3.3.30 this is a dependency of the SpecFlow.xUnit, SpecFlow.NUnit, SpecFlow.MSTest and SpecRun.SpecFlow.3-3-0 packages, hence the package is automatically installed with the unit test provider packages and you don’t have to install it manually.

< 3.0

This package is optional if the code-behind file generation is enabled in the Visual Studio Extension. However, we recommend to upgrade to the MSBuild code behind file generation.

SpecFlow.xUnit

https://www.nuget.org/packages/SpecFlow.xUnit/

>= 3.0

If you want to use SpecFlow with xUnit, you have to use this packages, as it does the configuration for this.

We don’t support older versions than xUnit 2.4.0.

< 3.0

This package is optional to use, as all steps can be done manually. It changes automatically the app.config to use xUnit for you and has a dependency on xUnit (>= 2.0).

SpecFlow.MsTest

https://www.nuget.org/packages/SpecFlow.MsTest/

>= 3.0

If you want to use SpecFlow with MsTest V2, you have to use this packages, as it does the configuration for this.

We don’t support older versions than MsTest V2 1.3.2.

< 3.0

This package is optional to use, as all steps can be done manually. It changes automatically the app.config to use MsTest. No additional dependencies are added.

We support MsTest V1 and V2.

SpecFlow.NUnit

https://www.nuget.org/packages/SpecFlow.NUnit/

> 3.0

If you want to use SpecFlow with NUnit, you have to use this packages, as it does the configuration for this.

We don’t support older versions than NUnit 3.13.1.

< 3.0

This package is optional to use, as all steps can be done manually. It changes automatically the app.config to use NUnit and has a dependency on NUnit (>= 3.0). If you want to use earlier version of NUnit, you have to do the changes manually.

We support NUnit 2 & NUnit 3.

SpecFlow.NUnit.Runners

https://www.nuget.org/packages/SpecFlow.NUnit.Runners/

This is a meta-package to install the NUnit.Console package additionally.

SpecFlow.CustomPlugin

https://www.nuget.org/packages/SpecFlow.CustomPlugin/

This package is for writing your own runtime or generator plugins.