The .NET SDK 5.0.210 release is available for download. The latest 5.0 release is always listed at .NET 5.0 Releases.
| SDK Installer1 | SDK Binaries1 | Runtime Installer | Runtime Binaries | ASP.NET Core Runtime | Windows Desktop Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | x86 | x64 | Arm64 | x86 | x64 | Arm64 | x86 | x64 | Arm64 | x86 | x64 | Arm64 | x86 | x64 | Hosting Bundle2 |
x86 | x64 | Arm64 |
| macOS | x64 | x64 | x64 | x64 | x64 | - |
| Linux | Snap and Package Manager | x64 | Arm | Arm32 Alpine | Arm64 | x64 Alpine | Packages (x64) | x64 | Arm | Arm64 | Arm32 Alpine |Arm64 Alpine | x64 Alpine | x641 | Arm1 | Arm641 | x64 Alpine | - |
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- Includes the .NET Runtime and ASP.NET Core Runtime
- For hosting stand-alone apps on Windows Servers. Includes the ASP.NET Core Module for IIS and can be installed separately on servers without installing .NET Runtime.
The .NET SDK includes a matching updated .NET Runtime. Downloading the Runtime or ASP.NET Core packages is not needed when installing the SDK.
You can check your .NET SDK version by running the following command. The example version shown is for this release.
$ dotnet --version
5.0.210Visit .NET Documentation to learn about .NET, for building many different types of applications.
The .NET Docker images have been updated for this release. The .NET Docker samples show various ways to use .NET and Docker together. You can use the following command to try running the latest .NET 5.0 release in containers:
docker run --rm mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/samplesThe following repos have been updated.
- dotnet/sdk: .NET SDK
- dotnet/aspnet: ASP.NET Core Runtime
- dotnet/runtime: .NET Runtime
- dotnet/runtime-deps: .NET Runtime Dependencies
- dotnet/samples: .NET Samples
Customers that have opted to receive .NET Core updates via the Microsoft Update channel will be offered updates to the Hosting Bundle starting with the December 2021 update. Updates for other .NET Core bundles (.NET Core Runtime, ASP.NET Core Runtime, Windows Desktop Runtime, and SDK) have been offered via Microsoft Update to customers that opt in since December 2020. See this blog post for more information.
You need Visual Studio 16.10 or later to use .NET 5.0 on Windows. On macOS, you need the latest version of Visual Studio for Mac. The C# extension for Visual Studio Code supports .NET 5.0 and C# 9.
Your feedback is important and appreciated. We've created an issue at dotnet/core #7036 for your questions and comments.