Try out the .NET 10.0 Alpha SDK!
.NET 9.0 was released on November 12th, 2024, to provide your applications with brand new features, such as ref struct
in interfaces, performance improvements, and bug fixes related to several of the .NET components.
Not so long after, .NET 10.0 alpha builds were spotted in the main installer GitHub repository, which is public. The table shows the platform table with two releases: .NET 9.0 and the upcoming .NET 10.0, which is going to be another LTS release.
The upcoming version of .NET will provide you with several of nice features, as well as performance improvements and bug fixes. This .NET version is to be released on November 2025 to accommodate with the release schedule, as well as its first preview to be scheduled for February 2025.
If you have Visual Studio 17.13 or later (may change across preview releases), you can now try out the Alpha builds of .NET 10.0, which you can find in the above link. Here are the links to .NET 10.0:
- Windows 64-bit (installer, zip)
- Windows 32-bit (installer, zip)
- Windows ARM64 (installer, zip)
- Linux 64-bit (deb, rpm, tar, musl tar)
- Linux ARM32 (tar, musl tar)
- Linux ARM64 (tar, musl tar)
- macOS 64-bit (installer, tar)
- macOS ARM64 (installer, tar)
Please note that this software is in its alpha state and may contain features that may not make it to the final release. Use with care.
Enjoy!