.NET Release Notes

.NET 8

The latest Long-Term Support release. Focuses on performance, C# 12 features, new project templates, and enhanced tooling.

• Performance improvements in ASP.NET Core, EF Core, and runtime.
• C# 12 language features including primary constructors for structs and collection expressions.
• Native Ahead-of-Time (AOT) compilation enhancements.
• Blazor United, a new rendering mode.

.NET 7

A Standard-Term Support release packed with innovations. Introduces performance boosts, new language features, and cloud-native improvements.

• Minimal APIs and Blazor enhancements.
• Performance gains through PGO and other runtime optimizations.
• Native AOT for ARM64 and experimental support for x64.
• DateOnly and TimeOnly types.

.NET 6

The first unified .NET platform, bringing together .NET Framework, .NET Core, and Xamarin into a single .NET. This is a Long-Term Support release.

• Unified platform for all .NET workloads.
• Massive performance improvements across the board.
• C# 10 language features.
• New project templates and updated tooling.

.NET 5.0

The beginning of the unified .NET. Introduces significant performance improvements and a streamlined development experience.

• Single .NET platform.
• Performance enhancements in JIT, GC, and libraries.
• C# 9 language features.
• Improved container support.