Are .NET 6 and .NET 7 considered part of the .NET Core framework?

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Are .NET 6 and .NET 7 considered part of the .NET Core framework?

Answer 1

@Al Karaptian, Welcome to Microsoft Q&A,

Are .NET 6 and .NET 7 considered part of the .NET Core framework?

Yes, you are right. Before .NET 5, we often called it as .NET Core. And after .net core 3.1, it becomes .NET. However, they are the same thing actually, which is a cross-platform and open-source framework optimized for modern app needs and developer workflows.

You could refer to the following link to know the history of .NET and .NET Core.

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/platform/support/policy/dotnet-core#lifecycle

Hope my explanation could help you.

Best Regards,

Jack

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Answer 2

Hi,

More specifically ".NET Core" was to avoid a possible confusion with ".NET Framework" : https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework which is an earlier Windows only version.

As .NET Framework 4..8.x is the last version ever, they can use now just use ".NET 5" etc... without any confusion.