10.0.0-rc.1
Latest release
Released 27 days ago (September 09, 2025)
| Software |
 .NET |
| Introduction | .NET (formerly named .NET Core) is an open source platform that provides a runtime environment and many libraries for building various types of applications such as web, desktop, mobile, games, IoT. It is a cross-platform framework, which means it can run on multiple operating systems such as Windows, Linux, macOS. |
| Vendor | Microsoft |
| Written in | C#, C++ |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Software Framework |
| Repository | https://github.com/dotnet/core |
| Website | https://dotnet.microsoft.com |
| Lifecycle policy | https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/platform/support/policy |
| License | MIT License |
| Version | Status | First official release | Latest patch release | End of life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | LTS RC | - | 10.0.0-rc.1 27 days ago September 09, 2025 | Unavailable |
| 9.0 | Supported | 9.0.0 10 months ago November 12, 2024 | 9.0.9 27 days ago September 09, 2025 | Ends in 7 months May 12, 2026 |
| 8.0 | LTS Supported | 8.0.0 1 year ago November 14, 2023 | 8.0.20 27 days ago September 09, 2025 | Ends in 1 year, 1 month November 10, 2026 |
| 7.0 | End of life | 7.0.0 2 years ago November 08, 2022 | 7.0.19 1 year ago May 14, 2024 | Ended 1 year, 4 months ago May 24, 2024 |
| 6.0 | LTS End of life | 6.0.0 3 years ago November 08, 2021 | 6.0.36 10 months ago November 12, 2024 | Ended 10 months ago November 12, 2024 |
| 5.0 | End of life | 5.0.0 4 years ago November 10, 2020 | 5.0.17 3 years ago May 10, 2022 | Ended 3 years, 4 months ago May 10, 2022 |
| 3.1 | LTS End of life | 3.1.0 5 years ago December 03, 2019 | 3.1.32 2 years ago December 13, 2022 | Ended 2 years, 9 months ago December 13, 2022 |
| 3.0 | End of life | 3.0.0 6 years ago September 23, 2019 | 3.0.3 5 years ago February 18, 2020 | Ended 5 years, 7 months ago March 03, 2020 |
| 2.2 | End of life | 2.2.0 6 years ago December 04, 2018 | 2.2.8 5 years ago November 19, 2019 | Ended 5 years, 9 months ago December 23, 2019 |
| 2.1 | LTS End of life | 2.1.0 7 years ago May 30, 2018 | 2.1.30 4 years ago August 19, 2021 | Ended 4 years, 1 month ago August 21, 2021 |
| 2.0 | End of life | 2.0.0 8 years ago August 14, 2017 | 2.0.9 7 years ago July 10, 2018 | Ended 7 years ago October 01, 2018 |
| 1.1 | LTS End of life | 1.1.0 8 years ago November 16, 2016 | 1.1.13 6 years ago May 14, 2019 | Ended 6 years, 3 months ago June 27, 2019 |
| 1.0 | LTS End of life | 1.0.0 9 years ago June 27, 2016 | 1.0.16 6 years ago May 14, 2019 | Ended 6 years, 3 months ago June 27, 2019 |
Standard Term Support (STS): will get free support and patches for 18 months.
Long Term Support (LTS): will get free support and patches for 3 years.
You can check the .NET version that you are currently using by running the below command:
$ dotnet --version
| Version | Release date |
|---|---|
| 10.0.0-rc.1 |
27 days ago September 09, 2025 |
| 9.0.9 |
27 days ago September 09, 2025 |
| 8.0.20 |
27 days ago September 09, 2025 |
| 10.0.0-preview.7 |
1 month ago August 12, 2025 |
| 9.0.8 |
2 months ago August 05, 2025 |