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Restore with confidence
Resolve Business Central symbols from NuGet and authenticated feeds with deterministic, incremental restores.
Free-to-use .NET CLI for AL
Less build friction.
Better AL releases.
Restore symbols, compile dependency-aware workspaces, and validate Business Central packages with one focused tool—from local development to CI.
✓ NuGet symbol restore✓ Reproducible builds✓ CI-ready outputs
One package includes source-impact analysis, translation coverage gates, and machine-readable automation on every command — no license required.
terminal · alwasp
From zero to verified build
One configuration, every environment
$ dotnet tool install -g left-code.AlWasp
$ alwasp init
✓ Configuration created
$ alwasp build ci
✓ Symbols restored
✓ 4 projects compiled
✓ Build manifest writtenRestore
Symbols
Build
Workspace
Validate
Release
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Build as one workspace
Compile dependency-aware AL projects from a single configuration with temporary, reversible transforms.
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Ship behind quality gates
Compare public symbols, validate AppSource compatibility, and emit manifests your CI pipeline can trust.
Learn the workflow
From setup to release confidence.
These guides form the core path through a typical ALWasp repository.
Getting Started
Install ALWasp, initialize an alwasp.json file, validate it, restore symbols, and run your first build.
Installation
Install, upgrade, and remove the single ALWasp .NET tool package.
Configuration
Understand alwasp.json inventories, profiles, targets, restore settings, transformations, and schema validation.
Restore
Symbol restore behavior, dependency traversal, NuGet feed order, locked/latest resolution, and incremental manifests.
Build
Compile single projects, config-driven targets, and workspace files with restore, analyzers, manifests, and transformations.
Compatibility
Compare compiled AL packages or validate current source against previous packages with AppSourceCop.
Operate and extend
Reference for real pipelines.
Authentication, commands, internals, and automation when you need exact behavior.
Authentication
Configure public and private NuGet feeds with PATs, feed-token environment mappings, nuget.config, and credential providers.
Source Analysis
alwasp analyze — dependency and object graphs, changed objects, public API, and impacted tests from source and git alone.
Translation Coverage
alwasp validate translations — XLIFF coverage checking, placeholder validation, and release gating.
CLI Reference
Reference for root commands, arguments, common options, validation behavior, and examples.
Architecture
High-level architecture for restore, build, configuration, versioning, change detection, and compiler tool acquisition.
CI/CD
GitHub Actions and Azure Pipelines patterns for private feeds, manifests, diagnostics, and version application.
Release Notes
User-facing changes in ALWasp releases.
Need working code?
Browse copy-ready examples
Configuration, GitHub Actions, private feeds, versioning, and compatibility gates.
Need a quick answer?
Open the cheatsheet
Commands, configuration anatomy, version rules, compatibility, and CI signals.