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PowerShell Pro Tools documentation for PowerShell developer and automation tools.

PowerShell Pro Tools brings together editors, packagers, designers, installers, and automation utilities for PowerShell developers. Choose the tool you are using, or jump straight into a common workflow.

Start here: Check System Requirements, then open the product card for your editor or tool. Each product area includes installation notes, examples, and feature references.

Choose a project

Visual Studio

PowerShell editing, debugging, project support, refactoring, analysis, and UI design inside Visual Studio.

Visual Studio Code

Packaging, conversion, diagnostics, automation, RapidSense, decompilation, and editor productivity for VS Code.

PowerShell Module

Command-line tools for packaging, code conversion, hotkeys, merge scripts, and launching the form designer.

PSMSI

Create Windows installers with files, directories, shortcuts, installer identity, custom actions, and UI settings.

PSEdit

A focused PowerShell script editor for quickly opening and editing scripts outside a full IDE.

PSCommander

Desktop automation with commands, tray menus, global hot keys, protocol handlers, widgets, and shortcuts.

PowerShell Protect

Protect scripts with configurable rules and actions that help control how protected scripts are used.

Common workflows

Install

Find the right installer, extension, module, and offline package for your environment.

Package scripts

Bundle scripts, package executables, configure package.psd1, and prepare builds for Windows, Linux, or macOS.

Build a GUI

Use Windows Forms and WPF designers to create PowerShell user interfaces from Visual Studio or VS Code.

Create an installer

Use PSMSI to define installer identity, directories, files, shortcuts, custom actions, and installer UI.

Automate the desktop

Configure PSCommander events, data sources, context menus, widgets, global hot keys, and tray actions.

Protect scripts

Get started with PowerShell Protect rules, actions, and configuration for protected script workflows.

Download

PowerShell Pro Tools is free to use.

Visual Studio 2017-2019

Install PowerShell Tools for Visual Studio from the Visual Studio Marketplace.

Visual Studio 2022

Install the Visual Studio 2022 extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace.

Visual Studio Code

Install PowerShell Pro Tools for Visual Studio Code from the Visual Studio Marketplace.

PowerShellProTools

Install the PowerShell Pro Tools module from the PowerShell Gallery.

PSMSI

Install the PowerShell installer authoring module from the PowerShell Gallery.

PSEdit

Install the focused PowerShell editor from the PowerShell Gallery.

PSCommander

Install the desktop automation module from the PowerShell Gallery.

PowerShell Protect

Install the script protection module from the PowerShell Gallery.