.NET 5 is supported on multiple operating systems per their lifecycle policy.
For issues with .NET on operating systems not listed here, please open a GitHub issue in the appropriate .NET repository or contact the OS maintainer community . Please see .NET Repos for the repository list.
| OS | Version | Architectures | Lifecycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows Client | 7 SP1(*), 8.1 | x64, x86 | Windows |
| Windows 10 Client | Version 1607+ | x64, x86, Arm64 | Windows |
| Windows 11 | Version 22000+ | x64, x86, Arm64 | Windows |
| Windows Server | 2012+ | x64, x86 | Windows Server |
| Windows Server Core | 2012+ | x64, x86 | Windows Server |
| Nano Server | Version 1809+ | x64 | Windows Server |
* Windows 7 SP1 is supported with Extended Security Updates installed.
| OS | Version | Architectures | Lifecycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | 3.12+ | x64, Arm64 | Alpine |
| 3.13+ | Arm32 | ||
| CentOS | 7+ | x64 | CentOS |
| Debian | 9+ | x64, Arm32, Arm64 | Debian |
| Fedora | 33+ | x64 | Fedora |
| Linux Mint | 18+ | x64 | Linux Mint |
| openSUSE | 15+ | x64 | OpenSUSE |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 7+ | x64 | Red Hat |
| SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) | 12 SP2+ | x64 | SUSE |
| Ubuntu | 21.04, 20.04, 18.04, 16.04 | x64, Arm32, Arm64 | Ubuntu |
Note: .NET 5 requires OpenSSL 1.x. Newer distro versions such as Ubuntu 22.04 use OpenSSL 3 and not OpenSSL 1.x. You need to use .NET 6+ if you want a newer distro that only offers OpenSSL 3.
| OS | Version | Architectures |
|---|---|---|
| macOS | 10.15+ | x64 |
Alpine 3.14 and Debian 11 are now supported with the .NET 5.0.10 and .NET Core 3.1.19. The operating system support pages for .NET 5.0 and .NET Core 3.1 have been updated to reflect that.
The following operating systems are no longer supported, starting with .NET 5.0.
Support for the following versions was ended by the distribution owners and are no longer supported by .NET 5.
None yet.