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# .NET Core Home
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The dotnet/core repository is a good starting point for .NET Core.
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The latest major release is [.NET 6.0 ](release-notes/6.0/README.md ). The latest patch updates are listed in [.NET Core release notes ](release-notes/README.md ).
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## .NET Core Releases
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* [Download the latest .NET Core SDK ](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/5.0 )
* [.NET Core releases ](releases.md )
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* [.NET Core daily builds ](daily-builds.md )
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## Learn about .NET Core
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* [Learn about .NET Core ](https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/core )
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* [.NET Core Roadmap ](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/roadmap.md )
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* [Learn about the .NET platform ](https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/standard/ )
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* [.NET Core release notes ](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/README.md )
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* [.NET Core Announcements ](https://github.com/dotnet/announcements )
* [.NET Core blog ](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/tag/net-core/ )
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## Getting help
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* [File an issue ](Documentation/core-repos.md )
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* [Ask on Stack Overflow ](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/.net-core )
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* [Contact Microsoft Support ](https://support.microsoft.com/contactus/ )
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* [VS Developer Community Portal ](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/ ) for .NET Framework feedback (or via [Report a Problem ](https://aka.ms/vs-rap ) tool)
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## How to Engage, Contribute and Provide Feedback
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The .NET Core team encourages [contributions ](https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md ), both issues and PRs. The first step is finding the [.NET Core repository ](Documentation/core-repos.md ) that you want to contribute to.
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Check the [product roadmap ](https://aka.ms/dotnet-product-roadmap ) to see what the team is focusing on.
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### Community
This project uses the [.NET Foundation Code of Conduct ](https://dotnetfoundation.org/code-of-conduct ) to define expected conduct in our community.
Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported by contacting a project maintainer at conduct@dotnetfoundation.org.
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## .NET Foundation
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The .NET Core platform is part of the [.NET Foundation ](https://www.dotnetfoundation.org ).
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## Licenses
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.NET Core repos typically use either the [MIT ](LICENSE.TXT ) or
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[Apache 2 ](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 ) licenses for code.
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Some projects license documentation and other forms of content under
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[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 ](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
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See specific [repos ](Documentation/core-repos.md ) to understand the license used.