Version Release date Released with Latest update Latest update date Support Ends[17] .NET Core 1.0 2016-06-27[18] Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 1.0.16 2019-05-14 Old version, no longer maintained: June 27, 2019 .NET Core 1.1 2016-11-16[19] Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.0 1.1.13 2019-05-14 Old version, no longer maintained: June 27, 2019 .NET Core 2.0 2017-08-14[20] Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.3 2.0.9 2018-07-10 Old version, no longer maintained: October 1, 2018 .NET Core 2.1 2018-05-30[21] Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.7 2.1.17 (LTS) 2020-02-18 Older version, yet still maintained: August 21, 2021 .NET Core 2.2 2018-12-04[22] Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.0 2.2.8 2019-11-19 Old version, no longer maintained: December 23, 2019 .NET Core 3.0 2019-09-23[23] Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.3 3.0.3 2020-02-18 Old version, no longer maintained: March 3, 2020 .NET Core 3.1 2019-12-03[24] Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.4 3.14 (LTS) 2020-02-18 Current stable version: December 3, 2022 .NET 5[25] 2020-11 (projected) 5.0 Preview 4 2020-05-19 .NET 6[26] 2021-11 (projected) (LTS) .NET 7[27] 2022-11 (projected) .NET 8[28] 2023-11 (projected) (LTS)