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  1. April 2026 GDK Update 5

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    The Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) contains the common tools, libraries, and documentation needed to build games for Xbox Game Pass for PC on Windows 10/11, Xbox consoles (Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One), and cloud gaming with Xbox Game Pass Ultimat

    Free 77 Windows
  2. Java 8

    Oracle Corporation

    87

    Java allows you to play online games, chat with people around the world, calculate your mortgage interest, and view images in 3D, just to name a few.

    Free 77 Windows
  3. Microsoft ASP.NET Core Runtime 8.0

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    .NET is a free, cross-platform, open-source developer platform for building many different types of applications.

    Open source 77 WindowsLinux
  4. Microsoft Azure Service Fabric SDK

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    To build and run Azure Service Fabric applications on your Windows development machine, install the Service Fabric runtime, SDK, and tools.

    Open source 77 Windows
  5. Microsoft Azure Storage Emulator

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    The Microsoft Azure Storage Emulator is a tool that emulates the Azure Blob, Queue, and Table services for local development purposes.

    Free 77 Windows
  6. Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    The OLE DB Driver for SQL Server is a stand-alone data access application programming interface (API), used for OLE Database.

    Free 77 Windows
  7. Microsoft PIX

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Performance tuning and debugging for DirectX 12 games on Windows

    Free 77 Windows
  8. Microsoft SqlPackage

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    SqlPackage is a command-line utility that automates the database development tasks by exposing some of the public Data-Tier Application Framework (DacFx) APIs.

    Free 77 Windows
  9. Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64)

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    The Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable Package (x64).

    Free 77 Windows
  10. Microsoft Visual C++ v14 Redistributable (x64)

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    The Microsoft Visual C++ v14 Redistributable Package (x64).

    Free 77 Windows
  11. NuGet

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    The package manager for .NET

    Open source 77 Windows
  12. psqlodbc

    PostgreSQL Global Development Group

    87

    The official PostgreSQL ODBC Driver

    Open source 77 Windows
  13. Windows App Development CLI

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    CLI for Windows app development, including package identity, packaging, managing appxmanifest.xml, test certificates, Windows (App) SDK projections, and more. For use with any app framework targeting Windows

    Open source 77 Windows
  14. Windows Software Development Kit - Windows 10.0.28000.1721

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    The Windows SDK (10.0.28000) for Windows 11 contains the latest platform headers, libraries, WinRT metadata, and build tools required to develop Windows applications.

    Free 77 Windows
  15. Xbox Game Package Manager

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    A Windows desktop app that provides a user-friendly graphical user interface for Package Uploader and MakePkg. This app simplifies both package creation and upload operations.

    Open source 77 Windows
  16. Xbox Live Developer Tools

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Tools to help develop and test games that interact with Xbox services.

    Open source 77 Windows
  17. Microsoft MPI SDK

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Microsoft MPI (MS-MPI) is a Microsoft implementation of the Message Passing Interface standard for developing and running parallel applications on the Windows platform.

    Open source 75 Windows
  18. Java(TM) SE Development Kit 21

    Oracle Corporation

    87

    The JDK is a development environment for building applications and components using the Java programming language.

    Free 70 Windows
  19. Touch Adaptation Kit Command Line Tool (TAK CLI)

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Command-line tool for creating and managing touch adaptation bundles for Xbox

    Free 70 Windows
  20. DirectX Texture Assembler

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Texassemble is a command-line tool from Microsoft's DirectXTex library, designed for assembling and processing texture arrays, cubemaps, volume maps, and other complex texture types.

    Open source 60 Windows
  21. DirectX Texture Converter

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    This DirectXTex sample is an implementation of the texconv command-line texture utility from the legacy DirectX SDK utilizing DirectXTex rather than D3DX.

    Open source 60 Windows
  22. DirectX Texture Diagnostic Tool

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Texdiag is a diagnostic command-line tool from Microsoft's DirectXTex library, designed for analyzing and debugging texture files (e.g., DDS, PNG, TGA).

    Open source 60 Windows
  23. Microsoft .NET Core SDK Uninstall Tool (x86)

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    A command line tool for uninstalling versions of the .NET Core SDK, Runtime, ASP.NET Core Runtime, and Hosting Bundles.

    Open source 60 Windows
  24. Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    The stand-alone ODBC drivers providing an application programming interface (API) that implements the standard ODBC interfaces to Microsoft SQL Server.

    Free 60 Windows
  25. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 Developer Pack

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 Series Developer Pack Setup

    Free 40 Windows
  26. Microsoft .NET Windows Desktop Runtime 6.0

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    .NET is a free, cross-platform, open-source developer platform for building many different types of applications.

    Open source 40 Windows
  27. Bot Framework Emulator

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Development tool for the Microsoft Bot Framework. Allows developers to test and debug bots on localhost.

    Open source 32 Windows
  28. DirectX End-User Runtime Installer

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Installs a number of runtime libraries from the legacy DirectX SDK for some games that use D3DX9, D3DX10, D3DX11, XAudio 2.7, XInput 1.3, XACT, and/or Managed DirectX 1.1.

    Free 32 Windows
  29. IIS URL Rewrite Module 2.1

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Enables Web administrators to create powerful rules to implement URLs that are easier for users to remember and easier for search engines to find. By using rule templates, rewrite maps, .NET providers, and other functionality integrated into IIS Mana

    Free 32 Windows
  30. Microsoft .NET Runtime 3.1

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    .NET is a free, cross-platform, open-source developer platform for building many different types of applications.

    Open source 32 Windows
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