Aside from the cross-platform desktop UI ILSpy (downloadable via Releases, see also [plugins](https://github.com/icsharpcode/ILSpy/wiki/Plugins)), the following other frontends are available:
* Visual Studio 2022/2026 ship with decompilation support for F12 enabled by default (using our engines v8.2 and v9.1 respectively).
* Our Visual Studio 2022 extension [marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=SharpDevelopTeam.ILSpy2022) (works with VS 2026 as well)
* Our Visual Studio 2022/2026 extension [marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=SharpDevelopTeam.ILSpy2022)
* Our dotnet tool for Linux/Mac/Windows - check out [ILSpyCmd](ICSharpCode.ILSpyCmd) in this repository | [dotnet tool install](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ilspycmd/)
* [C# for Visual Studio Code](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.csharp) ships with decompilation support as well. To enable, activate the setting "Enable Decompilation Support".
* In Visual Studio 2019, you have to manually enable F12 support. Go to Tools / Options / Text Editor / C# / Advanced and check "Enable navigation to decompiled source"
* Our [ICSharpCode.Decompiler](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/) and [ILSpyX](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ICSharpCode.ILSpyX/) NuGet packages for your own projects
* Our Linux/Mac/Windows [PowerShell cmdlets](ICSharpCode.Decompiler.PowerShell) in this repository
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#### Windows:
- Make sure Windows PowerShell (at least version) 5.0 or [PowerShell](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell) 7+ is installed.
- Make sure [PowerShell](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell) 7+ is installed (Windows PowerShell at least version 5.0 works as well)
- Clone the ILSpy repository using git.
- Execute `git submodule update --init --recursive` to download the ILSpy-Tests submodule (used by some test cases).
- Install Visual Studio (documented version: 18.0/2026). You need the following workload components:
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#### Unix / Mac:
- Make sure [.NET 10.0 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/10.0) (for run) and [.NET 11.0 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/11.0) (for tests) is installed.
- Make sure [.NET 10.0 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/10.0) (for run) and [.NET 11.0 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/11.0) (for tests) is installed. Better yet, use [dotnetup](https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/tree/release/dnup/documentation/general/dotnetup) with SDK channel preview.
- Make sure [PowerShell](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell) is installed (formerly known as PowerShell Core)
- Clone the repository using git.
- Execute `git submodule update --init --recursive` to download the ILSpy-Tests submodule (used by some test cases).
- Use `dotnet build ILSpy.Desktop.slnf` to build the cross-platform Avalonia desktop UI; run it with `dotnet run --project ILSpy`.
- Use `dotnet build ILSpy.XPlat.slnf` to build only the CLI tool (ilspycmd) and PowerShell cmdlets.
We recommend [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) or derivatives together with [DotRush](https://github.com/JaneySprings/DotRush), which is also available for derivatives of VS Code.
Christoph Wille
2 weeks ago