View NuGet package dependency hierarchy

Question

Is there a way, either textual or graphical, to view the hierarchy of dependencies between NuGet packages?

Answer 1

Like @neil-barnwell solution, but works with NuGet.Core 2.7+

Install-Package NuGet.Core 

Here is the code

using System; using System.Linq; using System.Runtime.Versioning; using System.IO; using NuGet;  public class Program {     public static void Main(string[] args)     {         var frameworkName = new FrameworkName(".NETFramework, Version=4.0");          // var packageSource = "https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/";         var packageSource = Path.Combine(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("LocalAppData"), "NuGet", "Cache");          var repository = PackageRepositoryFactory.Default.CreateRepository(packageSource);         const bool prerelease = false;          var packages = repository.GetPackages()             .Where(p => prerelease ? p.IsAbsoluteLatestVersion : p.IsLatestVersion)             .Where(p => VersionUtility.IsCompatible(frameworkName, p.GetSupportedFrameworks()));          foreach (IPackage package in packages)         {             GetValue(repository, frameworkName, package, prerelease, 0);         }          Console.WriteLine();         Console.WriteLine("Press Enter...");         Console.ReadLine();     }      private static void GetValue(IPackageRepository repository, FrameworkName frameworkName, IPackage package, bool prerelease, int level)     {          Console.WriteLine("{0}{1}", new string(' ', level * 3), package);         foreach (PackageDependency dependency in package.GetCompatiblePackageDependencies(frameworkName))         {             IPackage subPackage = repository.ResolveDependency(dependency, prerelease, true);             GetValue(repository, frameworkName, subPackage, prerelease, level + 1);         }     } }