project.json

Overview

The project.json file maintains a list of packages used in a project, known as a package management format. It supersedes packages.config but is in turn superseded by PackageReference with NuGet 4.0+.

Project Discovery

Walk the directory and find all files names project.json

Analysis

Parse the JSON file and search for the dependencies section:

"dependencies": {
    "Microsoft.NETCore": "5.0.0",
    "System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives": "4.0.10"
}