---
title: "Adding the nuget package"
description: "Adding the Lacuna.Pki NuGet package to your project with the NuGet Package Manager, plus a pointer to the optional packages."
canonical: "https://docs.lacunasoftware.com/en-us/articles/pki-sdk/get-started/nuget"
locale: "en"
product: "PKI SDK"
last_updated: "2026-07-14"
---

# Adding the nuget package

The SDK is distributed through the Nuget Package Manager. To add the SDK package to your project, open Nuget Package Manager (right-click on your project and click **Manage Nuget Packages...**).

![Manage Nuget Packages](https://docs.lacunasoftware.com/images/pki-sdk/nuget-1.png)

Then follow the steps below:

0. Click on the item **Online** in the left column
0. Type **Lacuna** in the search field at the top right
0. SDK-related packages will appear. Click on the package **Lacuna PKI SDK**
0. Check Package Id, which should match **Lacuna.Pki**
0. Then click on **Install**

![Manage Nuget Packages](https://docs.lacunasoftware.com/images/pki-sdk/nuget-2.png)

Other packages are optional and enable integration with providers such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, as well as integration with libraries such as Entity Framework, NLog and iTextSharp. To learn more about optional packages, see [Optionals nuget packages](https://docs.lacunasoftware.com/en-us/articles/pki-sdk/optional-packages).

The next step is to configure the license to use SDK (see topic [Licensing](https://docs.lacunasoftware.com/en-us/articles/pki-sdk/get-started/licensing)).