Install Aspire CLI

Aspire includes tooling to help you create and configure cloud-native apps. The tooling includes useful starter project templates and other features to streamline getting started with Aspire for Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and CLI workflows. Assuming you have the prerequisites installed, you can install the Aspire CLI and create a new project.

1. Install the Aspire CLI:

   Unix

   Install the Aspire CLI globally

   curl -sSL https://aspire.dev/install.sh | bash

   Windows

   Install the Aspire CLI globally

   Invoke-Expression "& { $(Invoke-RestMethod https://aspire.dev/install.ps1) }"

2. Verify the installation by checking the Aspire CLI version:

   Unix

   Check Aspire CLI version

   aspire --version

   Windows

   Check Aspire CLI version

   aspire --version

   You should see the version number of the Aspire CLI, which indicates that it's installed correctly.

3. To see the available commands and options, run the help command — select the play button below to see a demo: