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Whether you are migrating a legacy .NET Framework application to the modern .NET 8/9 ecosystem or ensuring your libraries support multi-platform environments like Linux and macOS, understanding your code’s "portability score" is essential. The (often referred to as API Port or simply the Portability Analyzer ) has long been the gold standard for this task.

The tool generates an Excel or HTML report containing: Portability Summary: A percentage score for each assembly.

For building libraries that work across different .NET implementations. ASP.NET Core: For modernizing web applications. The "New" Shift: Portability Analyzer vs. Upgrade Assistant portability analyzer new

Use the command ApiPort.exe analyze -f [path-to-binaries] .

A newer UI-driven tool specifically for binary analysis that offers color-coded dependency graphs (gray for safe, yellow for warnings, red for errors). How to Use the .NET Portability Analyzer Whether you are migrating a legacy

Right-click your project and select Analyze Assembly Portability .

Set your target platforms (e.g., .NET 8.0) in the tool settings. Run Analysis: For building libraries that work across different

Once you have migrated to .NET Core, this analyzer helps identify specific APIs that might throw PlatformNotSupportedException at runtime.