.NET Core 2.1 - Supported OS versions

The tables below provide OS version information supported by .NET Core 2.1.

Keys used in the tables

Bold numbers indicate additions to this release.
A '+' indicates the minimum supported version.
Where possible, links to Distribution-owned lifecycle documentation is provided.

OS	Version	Architectures	Notes
Windows Client	7 SP1+, 8.1	x64, x86
Windows 10 Client	Version 1607+	x64, x86	1607 is the minimum version for support. See Out of support OS versions below for Windows 10 releases that are no longer supported.
Windows Server	2008 R2 SP1+	x64, x86

See the Windows Lifecycle Fact Sheet for details regarding each Windows release lifecycle.

OS	Version	Architectures	Notes
Mac OS X (macOS)	10.12+	x64	Apple Support Sitemap Apple Security Updates

OS	Version	Architectures	Notes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 6 | x64 | Microsoft support policy Red Hat Enterprise Linux
CentOS
Oracle Linux | 7+ | x64 | Red Hat support policy
CentOS lifecycle
Oracle Linux lifecycle Fedora | 30+ | x64 | Fedora lifecycle Debian | 9+ | x64, ARM32 | Debian lifecycle Ubuntu | 20.10, 20.04, 18.04, 16.04 | x64, ARM32* | Ubuntu lifecycle Linux Mint | 18, 17 | x64 | Linux Mint end of life announcements openSUSE | 15+ | x64 | OpenSUSE lifecycle SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) | 12 SP2+ | x64 | SUSE lifecycle Alpine Linux | 3.10+ | x64 | Alpine lifecycle

* ARM32 support starts with Debian 9 and Ubuntu 16.04. Earlier versions of those distros are not supported on ARM32.

Support for the following versions was ended by the distribution owners and are no longer supported by .NET Core 2.1.