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To extract the runtime and make the.NET CLI commands available at the terminal, first download a.NET binary release. Then, open a terminal and run the following commands from the directory where the file was saved. The archive file name may be different depending on what you downloaded. Microsoft Teams, the hub for team collaboration in Microsoft 365, integrates the people, content, and tools your team needs to be more engaged and effective. To provide you with the best experience, Microsoft 365 for Mac and Office 2019 for Mac supports the three most recent versions of Apple's macOS. Note: As new major versions of macOS are made generally available, Microsoft will remove support for the oldest version and support the newest and previous two versions of macOS.

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In this article, you'll learn how to install .NET on macOS. .NET is made up of the runtime and the SDK. The runtime is used to run a .NET app and may or may not be included with the app. The SDK is used to create .NET apps and libraries. The .NET runtime is always installed with the SDK.

The latest version of .NET is 5.0.

Supported releases

The following table is a list of currently supported .NET releases and the versions of macOS they're supported on. These versions remain supported until the version of .NET reaches end-of-support.

A ✔️ indicates that the version of .NET Core is still supported.
A ❌ indicates that the version of .NET Core isn't supported.

Operating System	.NET Core 2.1	.NET Core 3.1	.NET 5.0
macOS 11.0 'Big Sur'	✔️ 2.1 (Release notes)	✔️ 3.1 (Release notes)	✔️ 5.0 (Release notes)
macOS 10.15 'Catalina'	✔️ 2.1 (Release notes)	✔️ 3.1 (Release notes)	✔️ 5.0 (Release notes)
macOS 10.14 'Mojave'	✔️ 2.1 (Release notes)	✔️ 3.1 (Release notes)	✔️ 5.0 (Release notes)
macOS 10.13 'High Sierra'	✔️ 2.1 (Release notes)	✔️ 3.1 (Release notes)	✔️ 5.0 (Release notes)
macOS 10.12 'Sierra'	✔️ 2.1 (Release notes)	❌ 3.1 (Release notes)	❌ 5.0 (Release notes)

Unsupported releases

The following versions of .NET are ❌ no longer supported. The downloads for these still remain published:

3.0 (Release notes)
2.2 (Release notes)
2.0 (Release notes)

Runtime information

The runtime is used to run apps created with .NET. When an app author publishes an app, they can include the runtime with their app. If they don't include the runtime, it's up to the user to install the runtime.

There are two different runtimes you can install on macOS:

ASP.NET Core runtime
Runs ASP.NET Core apps. Includes the .NET runtime.
.NET runtime
This runtime is the simplest runtime and doesn't include any other runtime. It's highly recommended that you install ASP.NET Core runtime for the best compatibility with .NET apps.

SDK information

The SDK is used to build and publish .NET apps and libraries. Installing the SDK includes both runtimes: ASP.NET Core and .NET.

Dependencies

.NET is supported on the following macOS releases:

.NET Core Version	macOS	Architectures	More information
5.0	High Sierra (10.13+)	x64	More information
3.1	High Sierra (10.13+)	x64	More information
3.0	High Sierra (10.13+)	x64	More information
2.2	Sierra (10.12+)	x64	More information
2.1	Sierra (10.12+)	x64	More information

Beginning with macOS Catalina (version 10.15), all software built after June 1, 2019 that is distributed with Developer ID, must be notarized. This requirement applies to the .NET runtime, .NET SDK, and software created with .NET.

The runtime and SDK installers for .NET 5.0 and .NET Core 3.1, 3.0, and 2.1, have been notarized since February 18, 2020. Prior released versions aren't notarized. If you run a non-notarized app, you'll see an error similar to the following image:

For more information about how enforced-notarization affects .NET (and your .NET apps), see Working with macOS Catalina Notarization.

libgdiplus

.NET applications that use the System.Drawing.Common assembly require libgdiplus to be installed.

An easy way to obtain libgdiplus is by using the Homebrew ('brew') package manager for macOS. After installing brew, install libgdiplus by executing the following commands at a Terminal (command) prompt:

Install with an installer

macOS has standalone installers that can be used to install the .NET 5.0 SDK:

Download and manually install

As an alternative to the macOS installers for .NET, you can download and manually install the SDK and runtime. Manual install is usually performed as part of continuous integration testing. For a developer or user, it's generally better to use an installer.

If you install .NET SDK, you don't need to install the corresponding runtime. First, download a binary release for either the SDK or the runtime from one of the following sites:

✔️ .NET 5.0 downloads
✔️ .NET Core 3.1 downloads
✔️ .NET Core 2.1 downloads

Next, extract the downloaded file and use the export command to set variables used by .NET and then ensure .NET is in PATH.

Use the following commands to extract the runtime or SDK that you downloaded. Remember to change the DOTNET_FILE value to your file name:

Tip

The preceding export commands only make the .NET CLI commands available for the terminal session in which it was run.

You can edit your shell profile to permanently add the commands. There are a number of different shells available for Linux and each has a different profile. For example:

Bash Shell: ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bashrc
Korn Shell: ~/.kshrc or .profile
Z Shell: ~/.zshrc or .zprofile

Edit the appropriate source file for your shell and add :$HOME/dotnet to the end of the existing PATH statement. If no PATH statement is included, add a new line with export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/dotnet.

Also, add export DOTNET_ROOT=$HOME/dotnet to the end of the file.

This approach lets you install different versions into separate locations and choose explicitly which one to use by which application.

Install with Visual Studio for Mac

Visual Studio for Mac installs the .NET SDK when the .NET workload is selected. To get started with .NET development on macOS, see Install Visual Studio 2019 for Mac.

.NET SDK version	Visual Studio version
5.0	Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 or higher.
3.1	Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.4 or higher.
2.1	Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.0 or higher.

Install alongside Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a powerful and lightweight source code editor that runs on your desktop. Visual Studio Code is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

While Visual Studio Code doesn't come wi

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