PowerShellGet
E193818
PowerShellGet is a PowerShell module and package manager extension used to discover, install, update, and publish PowerShell modules, scripts, and other artifacts from online repositories like the PowerShell Gallery.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PowerShellGet canonical | 2 |
| Find-Script | 1 |
| Publish-Module | 1 |
| Publish-Script | 1 |
| Register-PSRepository | 1 |
| Update-Script | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1719059 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PowerShellGet Context triple: [PowerShell, supportsPackageManager, PowerShellGet]
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A.
PowerShell
PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, featuring a powerful command-line shell and scripting language built on .NET.
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B.
NuGet package manager
NuGet package manager is a tool for managing and distributing reusable .NET libraries and dependencies, commonly integrated into development environments like Visual Studio.
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C.
GitHub Packages
GitHub Packages is a software package hosting and management service integrated into GitHub, enabling developers to publish, share, and reuse packages alongside their source code and workflows.
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D.
npm
npm is the default package manager and registry for Node.js, widely used to share, install, and manage JavaScript libraries and tools.
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E.
Windows Update client
Windows Update client is a built-in Windows component that connects to Microsoft's update servers to automatically download and install operating system patches, security fixes, and feature updates.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PowerShellGet Target entity description: PowerShellGet is a PowerShell module and package manager extension used to discover, install, update, and publish PowerShell modules, scripts, and other artifacts from online repositories like the PowerShell Gallery.
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A.
PowerShell
PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, featuring a powerful command-line shell and scripting language built on .NET.
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B.
NuGet package manager
NuGet package manager is a tool for managing and distributing reusable .NET libraries and dependencies, commonly integrated into development environments like Visual Studio.
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C.
GitHub Packages
GitHub Packages is a software package hosting and management service integrated into GitHub, enabling developers to publish, share, and reuse packages alongside their source code and workflows.
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D.
npm
npm is the default package manager and registry for Node.js, widely used to share, install, and manage JavaScript libraries and tools.
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E.
Windows Update client
Windows Update client is a built-in Windows component that connects to Microsoft's update servers to automatically download and install operating system patches, security fixes, and feature updates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
PowerShell module
ⓘ
package manager extension ⓘ |
| category |
configuration and automation tool
ⓘ
software package management ⓘ |
| cmdlet |
Find-Module
ⓘ
Find-Script ⓘ
linked to:
PowerShellGet
Get-PSRepository ⓘ Install-Module ⓘ Install-Script ⓘ Publish-Module ⓘ
linked to:
PowerShellGet
Publish-Script ⓘ
linked to:
PowerShellGet
Register-PSRepository ⓘ
linked to:
PowerShellGet
Save-Module ⓘ Save-Script ⓘ Set-PSRepository ⓘ Uninstall-Module ⓘ Uninstall-Script ⓘ Unregister-PSRepository ⓘ Update-Module ⓘ Update-Script ⓘ
linked to:
PowerShellGet
|
| dependsOn | PackageManagement ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distribution | PowerShell Gallery ⓘ |
| includedWith |
Windows 10 (with PowerShell 5.x)
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows 10
Windows Server 2016 (with PowerShell 5.x) ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Server
|
| license | MIT License ⓘ |
| name | PowerShellGet ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| platform | PowerShell ⓘ |
| primaryRepository | PowerShell Gallery ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | PowerShell ⓘ |
| purpose |
discover PowerShell modules
ⓘ
discover PowerShell scripts ⓘ install PowerShell modules ⓘ install PowerShell scripts ⓘ manage PowerShell artifacts from online repositories ⓘ publish PowerShell modules ⓘ publish PowerShell scripts ⓘ update PowerShell modules ⓘ update PowerShell scripts ⓘ |
| supports | PowerShell 5.0 and later ⓘ |
| supportsAuthentication |
API key-based publishing
ⓘ
credential-based repository access ⓘ |
| supportsRepository |
NuGet-based repositories
ⓘ
PowerShell Gallery ⓘ file-based repositories ⓘ private PowerShell repositories ⓘ |
| usesProtocol | NuGet protocol ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: PowerShellGet Description of subject: PowerShellGet is a PowerShell module and package manager extension used to discover, install, update, and publish PowerShell modules, scripts, and other artifacts from online repositories like the PowerShell Gallery.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: PowerShellGet
linked to: PowerShellGet
linked to: PowerShellGet
linked to: PowerShellGet
linked to: PowerShellGet