| title | Getting started with .NET Core |
|---|---|
| description | Getting started with .NET Core |
| keywords | .NET, .NET Core |
| author | mairaw |
| manager | wpickett |
| ms.date | 06/20/2016 |
| ms.topic | article |
| ms.prod | .net-core |
| ms.technology | .net-core-technologies |
| ms.devlang | dotnet |
| ms.assetid | d1453a0d-317c-4da6-b68e-422a2c0bfe49 |
.NET Core runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS / OS X
Install .NET Core on Windows.
You can get started developing .NET Core apps by following these step-by-step tutorials.
- Getting started with .NET Core on Windows, using Visual Studio 2015 - Use Visual Studio, the full-featured integrated development environment (IDE) for Windows.
- Getting started with .NET Core on macOS, using Visual Studio Code - Use Visual Studio Code, Microsoft's lightweight cross-platform code editor. This tutorial is written for macOS, but Visual Studio Code also works on Windows.
- Getting started with .NET Core using the command line - Use any code editor with the .NET Core cross-platform command-line interface (CLI).
.NET Core is supported by the following versions of Windows (both 32-bit and 64-bit):
- Windows 7 SP1
- Windows 8.1
- Windows 10
- Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (Full Server or Server Core)
- Windows Server 2012 SP1 (Full Server or Server Core)
- Windows Server 2012 R2 SP1 (Full Server or Server Core)
- Windows Server 2016 (Full Server, Server Core or Nano Server)
Install Linux on your distribution/version:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server
- Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04 & Linux Mint 17
- Debian 8.2
- Fedora 23
- CentOS 7.1 & Oracle Linux 7.1
- openSUSE 13.2
You can get started developing .NET Core apps by following these step-by-step tutorials.
- Getting started with .NET Core on macOS, using Visual Studio Code - Use Visual Studio Code, Microsoft's lightweight cross-platform code editor. This tutorial is written for macOS, but Visual Studio Code also works on Linux.
- Getting started with .NET Core using the command line - Use any code editor with the .NET Core cross-platform command-line interface (CLI).
.NET Core is supported by the Linux distributions and versions listed above in the installation links.
Install .NET Core for Mac OS X 10.11.
You can get started developing .NET Core apps by following these step-by-step tutorials.
- Getting started with .NET Core on macOS, using Visual Studio Code - Use Visual Studio Code, Microsoft's lightweight cross-platform code editor.
- Getting started with .NET Core using the command line - Use any code editor with the .NET Core cross-platform command-line interface (CLI).
.NET Core is supported by 64-bit OS X 10.11 (El Capitan). It isn't yet supported by macOS Sierra, but will be soon.