.NET Core is the modular and high performance implementation of .NET for creating web applications and services that run on Windows, Linux and Mac. It is open source and it can share the same code with .NET Framework and Xamarin apps. More...

All .NET Core downloads

.NET Core SDK (contains .NET Core 1.0 and 1.1)
Windows (x64) Installer .exe download
Windows (x64) Binaries .zip download
Windows (x86) Installer .exe download
Windows (x86) Binaries .zip download
macOS (x64) PKG .pkg download
macOS Binaries .tar.gz download
Linux .tar.gz downloads
Visual Studio 2017 Tools Installing .NET Core tools in Visual Studio 2017
Visual Studio 2015 Tools NET Core tools Preview 2 for Visual Studio 2015
Note, this legacy download includes .NET Core 1.0.1. The current Runtime version is available under the Runtime tab.

Checksums are available for all downloads. SDK/ Runtime

Step-by-step instructions

Daily .NET Core builds

For even more current releases including daily builds you can visit the .NET Core tools GitHub repository.

.NET Core release archive

For access to previous .NET Core SDK releases you can visit the .NET Core Runtime and SDK download archive.