.NET
.NET (modern, cross-platform) is a free, open-source, and cross-platform development platform maintained by Microsoft and the .NET community. It allows developers to build a wide range of applications, including web, mobile, desktop, cloud, IoT, and AI, using languages like C#, F#, and Visual…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2016
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- The modern .NET platform was created to solve the problem of .NET development being largely confined to the Windows operating system and its closed-source, monolithic nature. This limited its adoption in rapidly growing areas like Linux-based cloud infrastructure, containerization, and open-source ecosystems. It also aimed to provide a high-performance, unified, and future-proof framework capable of addressing the demands of diverse application types in a cross-platform world.
- Platforms
- Android, Linux, WebAssembly, iOS, watchOS, Windows, macOS, tvOS
Related technologies
Notable users
- Countless enterprises and startups globally
- FedEx
- T-Mobile
- Microsoft (Azure, Bing, Office 365, Teams)
- Stack Overflow
- Accenture
- Siemens
- Dell