BepInEx.Templates

A collection of .NET project templates for BepInEx 5 and 6 plugins

Installation

You will need .NET 6 or newer to use the templates.

To install, use dotnet tool.

Install stable templates

These templates are for BepInEx 5 and BepInEx 6.0.0-pre:

dotnet new -i BepInEx.Templates --nuget-source https://nuget.bepinex.dev/v3/index.json

This will install the following templates:

Templates	Short Name	Language	Tags
BepInEx 5 Plugin Template	bepinex5plugin	[C#]	BepInEx/BepInEx 5/Plugin
BepInEx 6 .NET Launcher Plugin Template	bep6plugin_netfx	[C#]	BepInEx/BepInEx 6/Plugin/.NET Launcher
BepInEx 6 Il2Cpp Plugin Template	bep6plugin_il2cpp	[C#]	BepInEx/BepInEx 6/Plugin/Il2Cpp
BepInEx 6 Unity Mono Plugin Template	bep6plugin_unitymono	[C#]	BepInEx/BepInEx 6/Plugin/Unity Mono

Install Bleeding Edge templates

These templates are for BepInEx 5 and BepInEx 6.0.0-be builds:

dotnet new -i BepInEx.Templates::2.0.0-be.1 --nuget-source https://nuget.bepinex.dev/v3/index.json

This will install the following project templates:

Templates	Short Name	Language	Tags
BepInEx 5 Plugin	bepinex5plugin	[C#]	BepInEx/BepInEx 5/Plugin
BepInEx 6 .NET Core Plugin	bep6plugin_coreclr	[C#]	BepInEx/BepInEx 6/Plugin/CoreCLR/.NET Core
BepInEx 6 .NET Framework Plugin	bep6plugin_netfx	[C#]	BepInEx/BepInEx 6/Plugin/.NET Framework
BepInEx 6 Unity Il2Cpp Plugin	bep6plugin_unity_il2cpp	[C#]	BepInEx/BepInEx 6/Plugin/Unity/Il2Cpp
BepInEx 6 Unity Mono Plugin	bep6plugin_unity_mono	[C#]	BepInEx/BepInEx 6/Plugin/Unity/Mono

Using a template

To use a template, you can use dotnet new command.
If you use Rider or Visual Studio 2022, you will be able to select the templates when creating a new solution.

For example, to create a BepInEx 5 plugin project:

dotnet new bepinex5plugin -n MyPluginName

This will create a folder name MyPluginName with an example plugin project.

All templates have additional options. To view them, use --help switch. For example:

dotnet new bepinex5plugin --help

will show additional options you can specify when creating a project:

Options:
  -T|--TargetFramework  The target framework for the project
                        text - Optional
                        Default: net35

  -D|--Description      Plugin description
                        text - Optional
                        Default: My first plugin

  -V|--Version          Plugin version
                        text - Optional
                        Default: 1.0.0

Documentation, guides and more

For more guides, refer to BepInEx Docs.
If you're writing a BepInEx plugin for the first time, check out the plugin development walkthrough.