# .NET 6

[.NET 6](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-6-rc1/) will be an [LTS release](../../release-policies.md) and will be supported for three years, from November 2021 to November 2024. It is [supported by Microsoft](../../microsoft-support.md) on [multiple operating systems](supported-os.md).

- [Downloads](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/6.0) (also see [Releases](#releases))
- [Containers](https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-dotnet)
- [Supported OSes](supported-os.md)
- [Known Issues](known-issues.md)
- [Installation instructions](install.md)

## Releases

| Date | Release |
| :-- | :-- |
| 2021/11/08 | [6.0.0](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/6.0/6.0.0/6.0.0.md) |
| 2021/10/12 | [6.0.0 RC 2](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/6.0/preview/6.0.0-rc.2.md) |
| 2021/09/14 | [6.0.0 RC 1](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/6.0/preview/6.0.0-rc.1.md) |
| 2021/08/10 | [6.0.0 Preview 7](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/6.0/preview/6.0.0-preview.7.md) |
| 2021/07/14 | [6.0.0 Preview 6](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/6.0/preview/6.0.0-preview.6.md) |
| 2021/06/17 | [6.0.0 Preview 5](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/6.0/preview/6.0.0-preview.5.md) |
| 2021/05/25 | [6.0.0 Preview 4](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/6.0/preview/6.0.0-preview.4.md) |
| 2021/04/08 | [6.0.0 Preview 3](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/6.0/preview/6.0.0-preview.3.md) |
| 2021/03/11 | [6.0.0 Preview 2](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/6.0/preview/6.0.0-preview.2.md) |
| 2021/02/17 | [6.0.0 Preview 1](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/6.0/preview/6.0.0-preview.1.md) |
