# .NET Core Home

The dotnet/core repository is a good starting point for .NET Core.

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).

## .NET Core Releases

* [Download the latest .NET Core SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/5.0)
* [.NET Core releases](releases.md)
* [.NET Core daily builds](daily-builds.md)

## Learn about .NET Core

* [Learn about .NET Core](https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/core)
* [.NET Core Roadmap](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/roadmap.md)
* [Learn about the .NET platform](https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/standard/)
* [.NET Core release notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/README.md)
* [.NET Core Announcements](https://github.com/dotnet/announcements)
* [.NET Core blog](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/tag/net-core/)

## Getting help

* [File an issue](Documentation/core-repos.md)
* [Ask on Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/.net-core)
* [Contact Microsoft Support](https://support.microsoft.com/contactus/)
* [VS Developer Community Portal](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/) for .NET Framework feedback (or via [Report a Problem](https://aka.ms/vs-rap) tool)

## How to Engage, Contribute and Provide Feedback

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.

Check the [product roadmap](https://aka.ms/dotnet-product-roadmap) to see what the team is focusing on.

### 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.

## .NET Foundation

The .NET Core platform is part of the [.NET Foundation](https://www.dotnetfoundation.org).

## Licenses

.NET Core repos typically use either the [MIT](LICENSE.TXT) or
[Apache 2](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) licenses for code.
Some projects license documentation and other forms of content under
[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

See specific [repos](Documentation/core-repos.md) to understand the license used.