.NET 6 is a Long Term Support (LTS) release and is supported on multiple operating systems per their lifecycle policy.
This file is generated from supported-os.json and is based on support information from endoflife.date.
| OS | Versions | Architectures | Lifecycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Android | 14, 13, 12.1, 12 | Arm32, Arm64, x64 | Lifecycle |
Notes:
- Android: API 21 is used as the minimum SDK target.
| OS | Versions | Architectures |
|---|---|---|
| iOS | 17, 16, 15 | Arm64 |
| iPadOS | 17, 16, 15 | Arm64 |
| macOS | 14, 13, 12 | Arm64, x64 |
| tvOS | 17, 16, 15 | Arm64 |
Notes:
- iOS: iOS 10.0 is used as the minimum SDK target.
- macOS: The iOS and tvOS simulators are supported on macOS Arm64 and x64.
- macOS: The x64 emulator (Rosetta 2) is supported on macOS Arm64.
- macOS: Mac Catalyst apps are supported on macOS Arm64 and x64.
| OS | Versions | Architectures | Lifecycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine | 3.20, 3.19, 3.18, 3.17 | Arm32, Arm64, x64 | Lifecycle |
| CentOS | None | x64 | Lifecycle |
| CentOS Stream | 9 | Arm64, s390x, x64 | Lifecycle |
| Debian | 12, 11 | Arm32, Arm64, x64 | Lifecycle |
| Fedora | 40, 39 | Arm32, Arm64, x64 | Lifecycle |
| openSUSE Leap | 15.6, 15.5 | Arm64, x64 | Lifecycle |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 9, 8, 7 | Arm64, x64 | Lifecycle |
| SUSE Enterprise Linux | 15.5, 12.5 | Arm64, x64 | Lifecycle |
| Ubuntu | 24.04, 23.10, 22.04, 20.04 | Arm32, Arm64, x64 | Lifecycle |
Notes:
- CentOS: The CentOS project has moved to supporting CentOS Stream as its future. Users can consider migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux or another distro.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Red Hat family distributions are supported per Linux compatibility and support.
| OS | Versions | Architectures | Lifecycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nano Server | 2022, 2019 | x64 | Lifecycle |
| Windows | 11 23H2, 11 22H2, 10 22H2, 11 21H2 (E), 10 21H2 (E), 10 21H2 (IoT), 10 20H2 (E), 10 1809 (E), 10 1607 (E) | Arm64, x64, x86 | Lifecycle |
| Windows Server | 23H2, 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012-R2, 2012 | x64, x86 | Lifecycle |
| Windows Server Core | 23H2, 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 | x64, x86 | Lifecycle |
Notes:
- Windows: The x64 emulator is supported on Windows 11 Arm64.
- Windows Server: Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 are supported with Extended Security Updates.
Microsoft-provided portable Linux builds define minimum compatibility primarily via libc version.
| Libc | Version | Architectures | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| glibc | 2.17 | x64 | CentOS 7 |
| glibc | 2.23 | Arm64, Arm32 | Ubuntu 16.04 |
| musl | 1.2.2 | Arm64, x64 | Alpine 3.13 |
Note: Microsoft-provided portable Arm32 glibc builds are supported on distro versions with a Y2038 incompatible glibc or a Y2038 compatible glibc with _TIME_BITS set to 32-bit, for example Debian 12, Ubuntu 22.04, and lower versions.
- The QEMU emulator is not supported to run .NET apps. QEMU is used, for example, to emulate Arm64 containers on x64, and vice versa.
Support for the following operating system versions has ended.
| OS | Version | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine | 3.16 | 2024-05-23 |
| Alpine | 3.15 | 2023-11-01 |
| Alpine | 3.14 | 2023-05-01 |
| Alpine | 3.13 | 2022-11-01 |
| Alpine | 3.12 | 2022-05-01 |
| Android | 11 | 2024-02-05 |
| Android | 10 | 2023-03-06 |
| Android | 9 | 2022-01-01 |
| CentOS | 7 | 2024-06-30 |
| CentOS | 8 | 2021-12-31 |
| CentOS Stream | 8 | 2024-05-31 |
| CentOS Stream | 7 | - |
| Debian | 10 | 2022-09-10 |
| Fedora | 38 | 2024-05-21 |
| Fedora | 37 | 2023-12-05 |
| Fedora | 36 | 2023-05-16 |
| Fedora | 35 | 2022-12-13 |
| Fedora | 34 | 2022-06-07 |
| Fedora | 33 | 2021-11-30 |
| iOS | 12 | 2023-01-23 |
| iPadOS | 12 | - |
| macOS | 11 | 2023-09-26 |
| macOS | 10.15 | 2022-09-12 |
| Nano Server | 20H2 | 2022-08-09 |
| Nano Server | 2004 | 2021-12-14 |
| openSUSE Leap | 15.4 | 2023-12-07 |
| openSUSE Leap | 15.3 | 2022-12-31 |
| openSUSE Leap | 15.2 | 2022-01-04 |
| SUSE Enterprise Linux | 15.4 | 2023-12-31 |
| SUSE Enterprise Linux | 15.3 | 2022-12-31 |
| SUSE Enterprise Linux | 15.2 | 2021-12-31 |
| SUSE Enterprise Linux | 12.4 | 2020-06-30 |
| SUSE Enterprise Linux | 12.3 | 2019-06-30 |
| SUSE Enterprise Linux | 12.2 | 2018-03-31 |
| tvOS | 12 | - |
| Ubuntu | 23.04 | 2024-01-20 |
| Ubuntu | 22.10 | 2023-07-20 |
| Ubuntu | 18.04 | 2023-05-31 |
| Ubuntu | 21.10 | 2022-07-14 |
| Ubuntu | 21.04 | 2022-01-20 |
| Windows | 10 21H2 (E) | 2024-06-11 |
| Windows | 11 21H2 (W) | 2023-10-10 |
| Windows | 10 21H2 (W) | 2023-06-13 |
| Windows | 10 20H2 (E) | 2023-05-09 |
| Windows | 8.1 | 2023-01-10 |
| Windows | 10 21H1 | 2022-12-13 |
| Windows | 10 20H2 (W) | 2022-05-10 |
| Windows | 10 1909 (E) | 2022-05-10 |
| Windows | 10 2004 | 2021-12-14 |
| Windows | 7 SP1 | 2020-01-14 |
| Windows Server | 20H2 | 2022-08-09 |
| Windows Server | 2004 | 2021-12-14 |
| Windows Server Core | 20H2 | 2022-08-09 |
| Windows Server Core | 1607 | 2022-01-11 |
| Windows Server Core | 2004 | 2021-12-14 |