pslrm (PowerShell Local Resource Manager) is a thin wrapper for Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet.

pslrm saves PSResourceGet resources into a directory in your project. This gives you project-local (directory-based) dependency management. It also keeps the requirements format compatible with PSResourceGet.

• Installs/updates required resources from PowerShell Gallery into a project-local directory
• Writes a lockfile that records the resolved versions
• Restores the project-local directory to match the lockfile
• Uninstalls resources from the project-local directory

• psreq.psd1 Requirements file (compatible with PSResourceGet -RequiredResourceFile format)
• psreq.lock.psd1 Lockfile (versions that PSResourceGet saved)

In psreq.psd1, each entry is a hashtable keyed by module name. The following keys are commonly used by PSResourceGet.

• version A version string. It can be a range expression like [0.0.1,1.3.0].
• repository The repository name. pslrm supports PSGallery.
• prerelease Set to $true to allow prerelease versions.

The project root is the directory that contains psreq.psd1.

By default, pslrm saves resources under the project root at ./.pslrm/.

PSResourceGet decides the on-disk layout under ./.pslrm/. pslrm does not impose a directory structure.

• Supported repository: PowerShell Gallery (PSGallery). If you set repository in psreq.psd1, it must resolve to PSGallery. Otherwise, pslrm errors.

• Install-PSLResource Install project-local resources from psreq.psd1. Write psreq.lock.psd1. By default, it outputs direct resources. Use -IncludeDependencies to output all saved resources.
• Update-PSLResource Update project-local resources from psreq.psd1. Rewrite psreq.lock.psd1. By default, it outputs direct resources. Use -IncludeDependencies to output all saved resources.
• Get-InstalledPSLResource Read psreq.lock.psd1 and list installed resources for the project.
• Uninstall-PSLResource Remove selected resources from the project by name. It updates psreq.psd1 (and may normalize it) and rewrites psreq.lock.psd1. If it removes all resources, it writes an empty lockfile.
• Restore-PSLResource Restore project-local resources to match psreq.lock.psd1. If psreq.lock.psd1 is missing, it errors. If ./.pslrm/ exists, it clears the directory before restore.

• pslrm does not include its own dependency solver. PSResourceGet resolves dependencies.
• pslrm does not attempt strict transitive dependency management. It records what PSResourceGet saved into the lockfile.
• NOTE: PSResourceGet models prerelease versions separately from Version. Example: Version = 6.0.0 and Prerelease = alpha5. To preserve prerelease info, pslrm stores versions as normalized strings in the lockfile. Example: 6.0.0-alpha5. Ideally, pslrm would use [System.Management.Automation.SemanticVersion]. Windows PowerShell 5.1 does not provide it.