.. sidebar:: Logo .. image:: _static/images/logo_dotnet.png :align: center ######### .NET Core ######### Introduction ============ .. warning:: .NET scripts belong in your :doc:`home `, **not** in your :doc:`docroot `. `.NET `_ is a server-side runtime implementation of CLR, the virtual machine that manages the execution of .NET programs. While .NET Core shares a subset of .NET Framework APIs, it comes with its own API that is not part of .NET Framework. ---- Versions ======== Release types ------------- We provide the latest .NET Core LTS and apply security updates on a regular basis. We also provide older versions; you can get a full list of curently available versions with ``dotnet --list-sdks``. Update policy ------------- We update all `supported versions `_ on a regular basis. ====== =========== =============== Branch State Supported Until ====== =========== =============== 7.0 current 2024-05 6.0.2 LTS 2024-11 5.0 2022-02 3.1 2022-12-03 2.1 2021-08-21 ====== =========== =============== ---- Getting started =============== Check out the `Hello, Console App! `_. ---- Connection to webserver ======================= .. include:: includes/web-backend.rst ---- Caveats ======= Privacy ------- .NET collects `telemetry data `_ by default. This can be turned off by setting the environment variable ``DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT`` to ``1``.