The .NET SDK 5.0.214 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 | ||
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| 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 | - | 1 |
| 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 | - | 1 |
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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
5.0.214
Visit .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/samples
The following repos have been updated.
You need Visual Studio 16.9 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 #7447 for your questions and comments.