> Paket is a dependency manager for .NET and mono projects, which is designed to work well with NuGet packages and also enables referencing files directly from Git repositories or any HTTP resource. It enables precise and predictable control over what packages the projects within your application reference.

The big change is solution-level dependency management instead of the nuget-default project-level management, so you always have the same versions of dependencies across all projects in a solution. It also uses a lockfile for these versions so that restores are idempotent. It also allows for fetching independent files from HTTP-accessible locations or git repos, which is nice in F# because the language is succinct and enables you to reuse modules without going through the rigamarole of making and publishing nuget packages.