.NET is available (as a binary distribution) in many package managers and official download sites. These builds of .NET are provided and supported by organizations that participate in the .NET community, build .NET from source, and offer stable binaries to their users. These organizations work together to enable developers to be productive and safe on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Patches are provided for functional or security issues, typically monthly on Patch Tuesday.
.NET is supported per the following policies:
Community support is available on GitHub, such as at dotnet/core.
Community builds are available for Linux and macOS.
Official builds and commercial support is available from the following companies:
Canonical supports .NET on Ubuntu, per the following.
- .NET 6 is supported in Ubuntu 22.04.
- .NET 7 is supported in Ubuntu 22.04.
- .NET 8 is supported in Ubuntu 23.10+.
Microsoft provides stable builds and commercial support for .NET on Linux, macOS, and Windows, per .NET support policy.
A more restrictive policy is used for .NET container images.
Red Hat supports .NET on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, per .NET life cycle policy.