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Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json

JSON configuration provider implementation for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration. This package enables you to read your application's settings from a JSON file. You can use JsonConfigurationExtensions.AddJsonFile extension method on IConfigurationBuilder to add the JSON configuration provider to the configuration builder.

Total Downloads
3.0B
3,030,271,542
Published
Mar 10, 2026
Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI
dotnet add package Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json --version 9.0.14
Package Manager Console
Install-Package Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json -Version 9.0.14
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="9.0.14" />

Frameworks

.NETFramework4.6.2 net8.0 net9.0 .NETStandard2.0 .NETStandard2.1

Dependencies

[9.0.14, )
System.Text.Json
.NETFramework4.6.2
[9.0.14, )
[9.0.14, )
[9.0.14, )
System.Text.Json
.NETStandard2.0
[9.0.14, )
[9.0.14, )
System.Text.Json
.NETStandard2.1
[9.0.14, )

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