title: How to download a Nuget package without nuget.exe or Visual Studio extension?
body: <p>How can I download a NuGet package? I don't have the NuGet Visual Studio extension or the command line program nuget.exe. How can I download the .nupack file from the web? As I understand I will be able to extract the <code>.dll</code> files from it (with 7-zip) to use as normal.</p>
  
  <p>The package I happen to be interested in is <a href="http://nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Bcl.Async" rel="noreferrer">http://nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Bcl.Async</a>, but I would like to know how to do this <em>generally</em>.</p>
  
  <p>In the world of Ruby this would be easy - every package page on the RubyGems website has a download link to a .gem file, e.g.: <a href="https://rubygems.org/gems/pony" rel="noreferrer">https://rubygems.org/gems/pony</a> </p>
  
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  <p>The argument over NuGet's manifest destiny belongs elsewhere. It doesn't matter to this question why I eschew it. <a href="https://i.imgur.com/6RU18WB.png" rel="noreferrer">I'm not the only one though</a>.</p>