SharpDevelop can take advantage of the following software if you install it:

- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 Developer Pack for .NET 4.5 code completion documentation
- Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 (strongly recommended!)
- Microsoft Build Tools 2013 for opening Visual Studio 2013 solutions
- Microsoft F# for F# support
- StyleCop for source analysis support.
- TortoiseGit for Git source control support.
- TortoiseSVN for Subversion source control support.
- SHFB for documentation generation support.
- WiX for building installers.

We highly recommend installing the matching SDK(s) for the .NET version(s) you are targeting:

Target platform | Reference Assemblies
--- | ---
.NET Framework 4.5.2 | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 Developer Pack
.NET Framework 4.5.1 | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 Developer Pack
.NET Framework 4.5 | Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 8 (*)
.NET Framework 4.0 | Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and below | Included with .NET framework
.NET Portable Class Libraries | Portable Library Tools - Install with the /buildmachine switch

(*) Intellisense documentation files not available without Visual Studio; SharpDevelop will fall back to documentation from other .NET versions for .NET 4.5.0 projects.