# .NET 6.0.305 - October 11, 2022

The .NET 6.0.305 release is available for download. This SDK includes the previously released .NET 6.0.10 Runtime and is in support of Visual Studio 17.3 GA release. The latest 6.0 release is always listed at [.NET 6.0 Releases](../README.md).

## Downloads

|           | SDK Installer<sup>1</sup>                        | SDK Binaries<sup>1</sup>                 | Runtime Installer                                        | Runtime Binaries                                 | ASP.NET Core Runtime           |Windows Desktop Runtime          |
| --------- | :------------------------------------------:     | :----------------------:                 | :---------------------------:                            | :-------------------------:                      | :-----------------:            | :-----------------:            |
| Windows   | [x86][dotnet-sdk-win-x86.exe] \| [x64][dotnet-sdk-win-x64.exe] \| [Arm64][dotnet-sdk-win-arm64.exe] | [x86][dotnet-sdk-win-x86.zip] \| [x64][dotnet-sdk-win-x64.zip] \|  [Arm64][dotnet-sdk-win-arm64.zip] | [x86][dotnet-runtime-win-x86.exe] \| [x64][dotnet-runtime-win-x64.exe] \| [Arm64][dotnet-runtime-win-arm64.exe] | [x86][dotnet-runtime-win-x86.zip] \| [x64][dotnet-runtime-win-x64.zip] \| [Arm64][dotnet-runtime-win-arm64.zip] | [x86][aspnetcore-runtime-win-x86.exe] \| [x64][aspnetcore-runtime-win-x64.exe] \|<br/> [Hosting Bundle][dotnet-hosting-win.exe]<sup>2</sup> | [x86][windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x86.exe] \| [x64][windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x64.exe] \| [Arm64][windowsdesktop-runtime-win-arm64.exe] |
| macOS     | [x64][dotnet-sdk-osx-x64.pkg] \| [ARM64][dotnet-sdk-osx-arm64.pkg] | [x64][dotnet-sdk-osx-x64.tar.gz] \| [ARM64][dotnet-sdk-osx-arm64.tar.gz]  | [x64][dotnet-runtime-osx-x64.pkg] \| [ARM64][dotnet-runtime-osx-arm64.pkg] | [x64][dotnet-runtime-osx-x64.tar.gz] \| [ARM64][dotnet-runtime-osx-arm64.tar.gz]| [x64][aspnetcore-runtime-osx-x64.tar.gz] \| [ARM64][aspnetcore-runtime-osx-arm64.tar.gz] | - |<sup>1</sup>
| Linux     |  [Snap and Package Manager](../install-linux.md)  | [x64][dotnet-sdk-linux-x64.tar.gz] \| [Arm][dotnet-sdk-linux-arm.tar.gz]  \| [Arm64][dotnet-sdk-linux-arm64.tar.gz] \| [Arm32 Alpine][dotnet-sdk-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz]  \| [x64 Alpine][dotnet-sdk-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz] | [Packages (x64)][linux-packages] | [x64][dotnet-runtime-linux-x64.tar.gz] \| [Arm][dotnet-runtime-linux-arm.tar.gz] \| [Arm64][dotnet-runtime-linux-arm64.tar.gz] \| [Arm32 Alpine][dotnet-runtime-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz] \| [Arm64 Alpine][dotnet-runtime-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz] \| [x64 Alpine][dotnet-runtime-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz]  | [x64][aspnetcore-runtime-linux-x64.tar.gz]<sup>1</sup>  \| [Arm][aspnetcore-runtime-linux-arm.tar.gz]<sup>1</sup> \| [Arm64][aspnetcore-runtime-linux-arm64.tar.gz]<sup>1</sup> \| [x64 Alpine][aspnetcore-runtime-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz] | - | <sup>1</sup> |
|  | [Checksums][checksums-sdk]                             | [Checksums][checksums-sdk]                                      | [Checksums][checksums-runtime]                             | [Checksums][checksums-runtime]  | [Checksums][checksums-runtime]  | [Checksums][checksums-runtime]


1. Includes the .NET Runtime and ASP.NET Core Runtime
2. For hosting stand-alone apps on Windows Servers. Includes the ASP.NET Core Module for IIS and can be installed separately on servers without installing .NET Runtime.


The .NET SDK includes a matching updated .NET Runtime. Downloading the Runtime or ASP.NET Core packages is not needed when installing the SDK.

You can check your .NET SDK version by running the following command. The example version shown is for this release.

```console
$ dotnet --version
6.0.305
```
Visit [.NET Documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/) to learn about .NET, for building many different types of applications.


## Visual Studio Compatibility

You need [Visual Studio 17.2](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com) or later to use .NET 6.0 on Windows. On macOS, you need the latest version of [Visual Studio for Mac](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/mac/). The [C# extension](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/dotnet) for [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) supports .NET 6.0 and C# 10.0.


[blob-runtime]: https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/Runtime/
[blob-sdk]: https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/Sdk/
[release-notes]: 6.0.305.md

[checksums-runtime]: https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/checksums/6.0.10-sha.txt
[checksums-sdk]: https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/checksums/6.0.10-sha.txt

[linux-install]: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/install/linux

[dotnet-blog]:  https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-6/
[aspnet-blog]: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-asp-net-core-in-net-6/
[maui-blog]: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/update-on-dotnet-maui/

[linux-packages]: ../install-linux.md


[//]: # ( Runtime 6.0.10)
[dotnet-runtime-linux-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/4b760400-58d8-4b6a-a44e-6d4468041136/3d3f29fa7154c975f1e558f0ce7f34a2/dotnet-runtime-6.0.10-linux-arm.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-linux-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/21bc0b9c-669f-4d59-9e6b-d16d1917afc0/fd3fce1337cef07b2e3763d754becb05/dotnet-runtime-6.0.10-linux-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/e2fcd51d-b4b5-4b18-9781-03725e0f8698/319cf1066c7b16c177364c2b3b8e34dc/dotnet-runtime-6.0.10-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/503f71f3-de50-42ee-b57e-6a657a311729/f2e94dd72400ed84fec1b325ac7c362f/dotnet-runtime-6.0.10-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/0962aa41-5e26-4382-94bb-9bf15faf146e/8968881c7f465e73626235470b0faf6c/dotnet-runtime-6.0.10-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-linux-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/48fbc600-8228-424e-aaed-52b7e601c277/c493b8ac4629341f1e5acc4ff515fead/dotnet-runtime-6.0.10-linux-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-osx-arm64.pkg]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/6afedb21-384c-4110-9856-189c169b231f/843a9a27982eaf00b0bb8ed5a9626401/dotnet-runtime-6.0.10-osx-arm64.pkg
[dotnet-runtime-osx-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/f48a8f09-4b5a-40b4-ac4d-197d6ac53038/3cdc2003e07ccf4b22e9bf9a0313a5dc/dotnet-runtime-6.0.10-osx-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-osx-x64.pkg]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/1cf60908-695c-4d98-a502-47ba21c9f9bf/8163b98d2c2a4f725af448adbe1047a7/dotnet-runtime-6.0.10-osx-x64.pkg
[dotnet-runtime-osx-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/f088e65a-26aa-4da3-a3e5-b4e7e419add8/79a7a79a56eeb08b0646f34952a00091/dotnet-runtime-6.0.10-osx-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-win-arm64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/1d61e401-55e3-498f-aa6a-de0a29ef2d8d/39d3d5ff136e14a6cc3621b4d8202495/dotnet-runtime-6.0.10-win-arm64.exe
[dotnet-runtime-win-arm64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/f3ca8276-8a53-4c46-9486-bbdf32ea8481/114a1049ce0f1efab0b59663ccfc34ed/dotnet-runtime-6.0.10-win-arm64.zip
[dotnet-runtime-win-x64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/50336bc7-7fd1-4a12-b5a2-81ce0219edf9/8d862413975808de0d835888e41e49a7/dotnet-runtime-6.0.10-win-x64.exe
[dotnet-runtime-win-x64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/e764b48d-970f-41b5-a23b-c0f78a42fa03/16c9c1d0e5d168c6acbdfc1236f635b8/dotnet-runtime-6.0.10-win-x64.zip
[dotnet-runtime-win-x86.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/aaf0e61e-c5f6-4ead-9324-d0ff07e4c3de/677f360ffac9ba1b7a062cf4e5265ca7/dotnet-runtime-6.0.10-win-x86.exe
[dotnet-runtime-win-x86.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/7e7a6898-148f-4524-bfb5-a846049c7b6f/1e0c24eb4228adbe9b446dda64957bc4/dotnet-runtime-6.0.10-win-x86.zip

[//]: # ( WindowsDesktop 6.0.10)
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-arm64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/b05a38ca-a434-473c-b031-07f05c75487e/0dfe9108f47050d81f1bc09002de6881/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.10-win-arm64.exe
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-arm64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/cbab112c-20d1-4526-9811-50be6530a6dc/1fd204150641afde14110d19789da47d/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.10-win-arm64.zip
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/a6e878eb-d1da-40cb-8b6a-7f5b9390f09c/e4431ce2aa28b6c9956db672209be500/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.10-win-x64.exe
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/5a9d799c-5675-4aa6-a752-67123531478d/a973751190ea104b3a710191208e66b9/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.10-win-x64.zip
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x86.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/6f8cf899-4800-400e-a196-867e7593c8e4/351213f8ae397c30efcfbb78fb10def2/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.10-win-x86.exe
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x86.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/1b88711d-3354-4863-ba5e-0ccccec7e81c/036f96959c5855ee9ef0d73763595d3e/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.10-win-x86.zip

[//]: # ( ASP 6.0.10)
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/eb049d47-1cd1-4a76-8b4c-3efee9890f2a/53441bce40b9ac8d073fb4742d823c3b/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.10-linux-arm.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/c37e7250-886d-47e1-840e-fc0ae2aad195/81f019f66f158b7ccb3511d2fa5dec53/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.10-linux-arm64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/9d1c5701-2a62-44d2-8fa0-908a94913df6/ec6c9c40cd2bad036248660511310d71/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.10-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/14ba166b-6dde-4a9c-85d4-e4294fb4f676/8c2476c039a628a7f573bb2b257ccd84/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.10-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/fb38e333-d733-448a-b7e9-7020b720d0e3/9cbdb02e1e42bacc02479312ef8afd09/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.10-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/7d44ddeb-ad35-41a8-a581-03b151afbd80/6888586c28836b1e1f71df879184550b/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.10-linux-x64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-osx-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/49c2a919-5162-4314-9010-a8da201e965e/f346ee2fc7ff046045edcca0778c625c/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.10-osx-arm64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-osx-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/38af6f1b-7b6b-40dc-8f0c-1f2025bea76e/795b0e4dff571fc01702d9cfbad359c0/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.10-osx-x64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-win-arm64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/4ce27377-7db7-486d-bd0d-d83906c8c14b/3ee001cc96bd654db502109ef6a97a2d/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.10-win-arm64.zip
[aspnetcore-runtime-win-x64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/2370bcad-45b1-4ccb-bc61-21ffd7116d63/1aa8efcabfb60ee778b913a5eb237a56/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.10-win-x64.exe
[aspnetcore-runtime-win-x64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/a3892a55-5630-4dbf-81ff-17f08fb0632b/f55b436dad325fe8b41f67fcb80e1366/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.10-win-x64.zip
[aspnetcore-runtime-win-x86.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/16a50311-71a0-49c2-bfdc-2ed11ade7043/b7ee5cb05411fc03931b6ec9d6c63e87/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.10-win-x86.exe
[aspnetcore-runtime-win-x86.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/9f84c767-7d96-4b86-befb-0dc436636140/23840bbf8abc9690dbefa96162f704de/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.10-win-x86.zip
[dotnet-hosting-win.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/870aa66a-733e-45fa-aecb-27aaec423f40/833d0387587b9fb35e47e75f2cfe0288/dotnet-hosting-6.0.10-win.exe

[//]: # ( SDK 6.0.305)
[dotnet-sdk-linux-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/2f5729be-273f-45fd-a1ec-f91695951839/a26275ca2b4abf646c7783c5a409ff31/dotnet-sdk-6.0.305-linux-arm.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-linux-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/031e2cdb-71ae-4f10-8862-e2883ff82f03/fdbd377c5d84c1c07c4b8d1c87cca6bc/dotnet-sdk-6.0.305-linux-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/9cfcd9c4-d70c-4efe-9b99-a05f2db402f5/c4d9096b344251b76e47794d409dcd4a/dotnet-sdk-6.0.305-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/18953c14-c8b8-4195-a388-9644a51a7dd4/d8170a612849aab21b5ebfb586a5cbed/dotnet-sdk-6.0.305-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/7a43cecf-ea23-407c-b7f0-14c5acd69e02/6552f25c68937ac8184a966196b8a7ad/dotnet-sdk-6.0.305-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-linux-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/eb15bbfe-c330-448b-9808-075610943fba/cf8bc8799a562f76bb82ee0d1c11c5ff/dotnet-sdk-6.0.305-linux-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-osx-arm64.pkg]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/2442dd43-be6b-414b-af10-bfea56a0213f/b8a25c1641bc53bfb29d4db6ca039be7/dotnet-sdk-6.0.305-osx-arm64.pkg
[dotnet-sdk-osx-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/e9c3e9a3-26da-4dc4-ae3d-b234b3659a7a/0fc19a87c495b161a2136d8c37a04303/dotnet-sdk-6.0.305-osx-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-osx-x64.pkg]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/c047f768-7b43-4777-8509-9db401c59270/bc126f4445a6da393eda042104f5f039/dotnet-sdk-6.0.305-osx-x64.pkg
[dotnet-sdk-osx-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/708db014-a6c4-4284-8e5a-3a5aaadf6900/722f30b917a088f11878120c4daa80f2/dotnet-sdk-6.0.305-osx-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-win-arm64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/fd6b92cf-9824-4e51-8fb9-8846defee2b3/5fa5d36184a45d425a161338838d532c/dotnet-sdk-6.0.305-win-arm64.exe
[dotnet-sdk-win-arm64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/1ba1bef2-e4bf-44de-9df2-7453b2e562a1/2af91a1fcbb5a84a1a34d7b295742663/dotnet-sdk-6.0.305-win-arm64.zip
[dotnet-sdk-win-x64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/af52a0a5-09d6-4ac6-9b7e-b22beefa38f5/38796ca6f31d7ac5a4cd3116befa76f9/dotnet-sdk-6.0.305-win-x64.exe
[dotnet-sdk-win-x64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/39cf4c9d-37e0-46ac-8428-5b7732a87215/0964fdbc930d81fb109855ee097596c9/dotnet-sdk-6.0.305-win-x64.zip
[dotnet-sdk-win-x86.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/8e4c4130-d2a0-48ea-b5a2-dcd94d0ab535/5e39b3e3a2247ae179db3c00e2dd2c48/dotnet-sdk-6.0.305-win-x86.exe
[dotnet-sdk-win-x86.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/c30719e4-5e68-4054-bf67-090098a94c18/557d79682e79b73e84d69fcccf72f727/dotnet-sdk-6.0.305-win-x86.zip