---
title: "Installation"
description: "Installation — .NET BabelQueue SDK (1.x)."
source: https://babelqueue.com/docs/babelqueue-dotnet/1.x/installation/
updated: 2026-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
---

# Installation

Install the .NET SDK (NuGet `BabelQueue.Core`):

```bash
dotnet add package BabelQueue.Core
```

The package id is `BabelQueue.Core`; the namespace you import is `BabelQueue`.

## Requirements

- **.NET 8**

The core is **broker-agnostic with zero dependencies** (in-box
`System.Text.Json` only). You bring your own Redis or RabbitMQ client to move the
encoded bytes — there is no separate BabelQueue runtime to install.

Next: [Configuration](/docs/babelqueue-dotnet/1.x/configuration/).