# .NET 6.0.316 - August 08, 2023

The .NET 6.0.316 release is available for download. This SDK includes the previously released .NET 6.0.21 Runtime and is in support of Visual Studio 17.3 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
6.0.316
```
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 17.3](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]: 6.0.316.md

[checksums-runtime]: https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/checksums/6.0.21-sha.txt
[checksums-sdk]: https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/checksums/6.0.21-sha.txt

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

[dotnet-blog]:  https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/june-2023-updates/
[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 6.0.21)
[dotnet-runtime-linux-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/624d59fc-74c1-4be6-a68d-458511083f62/be357754b5989a735b809b477848ddb4/dotnet-runtime-6.0.21-linux-arm.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-linux-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/934fe9da-efb0-47e4-8db2-4d2153c7fe0c/e382d2a3169ac6a8288f09c9077868c3/dotnet-runtime-6.0.21-linux-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/a6facbdc-75a6-441a-8e1b-6a660dc73a2e/cb184b42c018ab76191e88194d2a0442/dotnet-runtime-6.0.21-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/92eb2535-0e96-4be1-9d90-65fa91584d3f/50d64fb4b990be50735e51c1830936f0/dotnet-runtime-6.0.21-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/71215001-2059-4b1c-9135-0646f73d6d45/b703f08a074d62f5a1d0e9e97ae3d8fe/dotnet-runtime-6.0.21-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-linux-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/25fc0412-b2ff-4868-9920-c087b8a75c55/a95292a725fc37c909c4432c74ecdb43/dotnet-runtime-6.0.21-linux-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-osx-arm64.pkg]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/8a1c31d9-1b2d-4309-b83f-5e57307a3fc4/d85f0282898f1e78fa0399940c8987dd/dotnet-runtime-6.0.21-osx-arm64.pkg
[dotnet-runtime-osx-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/4c3bd8fc-abdb-458d-a675-aac97584babb/35b8a258af87daac35bab7db1af0ff9b/dotnet-runtime-6.0.21-osx-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-osx-x64.pkg]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/7d078084-d24a-47c8-ba99-11b8d6f9ee3f/eaac4ff3f4a2feca41e1649a47de195c/dotnet-runtime-6.0.21-osx-x64.pkg
[dotnet-runtime-osx-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/af927c74-8c04-4aac-9597-3b56902a812a/47139a25bbc5e58b24fff42f6af0da7c/dotnet-runtime-6.0.21-osx-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-runtime-win-arm64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/f7d2a496-d05f-4eb0-a80d-83753ec790b0/0ef4e2f02ec68346af7ae1c686ea3fc5/dotnet-runtime-6.0.21-win-arm64.exe
[dotnet-runtime-win-arm64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/1fb38c6a-6735-4337-ad02-b232c7058032/b970fd0b3b1fb2822c5c46fa85f4b2ee/dotnet-runtime-6.0.21-win-arm64.zip
[dotnet-runtime-win-x64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/31949bf4-c9ef-4e57-9da2-d798ab8b8bbf/fb7a481d9381bb740223629422a006e0/dotnet-runtime-6.0.21-win-x64.exe
[dotnet-runtime-win-x64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/d8c23e2d-3942-4fb0-8497-04b9f3d9dd8d/46f2d0088b249ca0f5e3b21e710cab97/dotnet-runtime-6.0.21-win-x64.zip
[dotnet-runtime-win-x86.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/10f934c5-07f3-4360-aef8-6bbca6f089f9/9d6f5247f2ef12ef3caccd600e23fe05/dotnet-runtime-6.0.21-win-x86.exe
[dotnet-runtime-win-x86.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/4fbf0e99-19cd-4abe-ba81-a1dab0684777/2127b2301ab374f22b116886437f8ee0/dotnet-runtime-6.0.21-win-x86.zip

[//]: # ( WindowsDesktop 6.0.21)
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-arm64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/d8396415-37e0-4445-b9aa-42e4b26b704e/a48269d7b01d818695e0413b34b724b1/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.21-win-arm64.exe
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-arm64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/bb7cf67e-2e97-4d5e-9453-0c1549c6f990/c4e1de15114915d52ca9e0dbb747ee7b/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.21-win-arm64.zip
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/06239090-ba0c-46e2-ad3e-6491b877f481/c5e4ab5e344eb3bdc3630e7b5bc29cd7/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.21-win-x64.exe
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/a5c8a7f9-142c-485f-b804-340eecd863df/2665fa050607d1fcebe00b3ffe8cc933/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.21-win-x64.zip
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x86.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/edd094be-cc44-4af5-b6ce-d9e0c9bf47eb/f2e1c95e07a9cc1436e9f47a61dabc4e/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.21-win-x86.exe
[windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x86.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/6166d784-c419-4853-96f8-4715c51a43b8/b7b99968b55979f5e1e94956d2df839b/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.21-win-x86.zip

[//]: # ( ASP 6.0.21)
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/d184fca4-527b-46aa-ad71-9fdf7c010262/dc0eb0bd54951de8c1eacaab795ecf24/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.21-linux-arm.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/1f8d7d02-581b-42f8-b74a-bf523099ab5c/29da812824f1a8cdfbe452aa5bc0ebc3/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.21-linux-arm64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/eda7f451-8507-46c3-9f79-40bfac434b4e/b230ebc0b91483c6e5b7550d31fce51d/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.21-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/88f80738-e37f-466c-8d8d-11115ef23d3f/2037b2b6416b8d81dd4f3ab9b7a8de90/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.21-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/517e08c1-09f1-4bf9-af05-8723bfa3d41f/2a533a6ec6d24dd1a8abb6fc0d3b102a/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.21-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-linux-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/56d44b17-03c2-4d9e-bdbc-a598ca34fc01/8fcc1e19dfd3c86b09beb68460db6e85/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.21-linux-x64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-osx-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/a6bf9946-7321-452d-8dfb-120ea0911a6a/9d77b20bb6802d0e8a4cdeda58fddaee/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.21-osx-arm64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-osx-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/4eece21f-af5c-4bdd-8e5b-5e300f0cbc6d/5290c217803341cb2a51628e8ea0dd9e/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.21-osx-x64.tar.gz
[aspnetcore-runtime-win-arm64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/76002558-acc4-490b-ac03-3cb9010eea7d/9295a3fb144fab2f3a499772917abfa0/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.21-win-arm64.zip
[aspnetcore-runtime-win-x64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/e9d6a662-9f62-48b2-b7c2-5c94ee34afb1/b4b09a0dc605d4d51495abab6cfcf717/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.21-win-x64.exe
[aspnetcore-runtime-win-x64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/94fd2c9b-5ee9-4086-8baf-cbc3b01fb641/22db23334d892f84b01f0725c510fbee/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.21-win-x64.zip
[aspnetcore-runtime-win-x86.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/fadbbcba-f49c-4c1b-b801-6c93566e1ca7/26594e6303cae1364f23928e2d63889a/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.21-win-x86.exe
[aspnetcore-runtime-win-x86.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/dfae4456-6985-45ab-8eb7-15169ef86e36/11f0abdcafad9995513056d8f7c776ca/aspnetcore-runtime-6.0.21-win-x86.zip
[dotnet-hosting-win.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/b50f2f63-23ed-4c96-9b38-71d319107d1b/26f8c79415eccaef1f2e0614e10cd701/dotnet-hosting-6.0.21-win.exe

[//]: # ( SDK 6.0.316)
[dotnet-sdk-linux-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/7c17464e-1d29-43a1-b00e-50685bce8d39/207468b440ee58afd9484c537cc19912/dotnet-sdk-6.0.316-linux-arm.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-linux-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/d0935082-e429-48c3-8ad2-3f72597b61bb/d808cfbb0a796e9d5a5225d071f542ed/dotnet-sdk-6.0.316-linux-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/bd82b26d-e433-4032-b249-43ce48556223/397fbc595522404d09167780014cb1b2/dotnet-sdk-6.0.316-linux-musl-arm.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/5ca06bc6-a17f-4b72-8818-bcce74bcdb76/858c8652c3c99ed843fc41a9ad72368a/dotnet-sdk-6.0.316-linux-musl-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/d2af9bae-c425-4ae8-9788-216e0bd515e0/fe17a08c229f7206cdfc3d37551cf73c/dotnet-sdk-6.0.316-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-linux-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/b4ff5164-c2bf-4d73-9e9c-4ffa81e659d3/01e81b844a86419deccb896bc48e7622/dotnet-sdk-6.0.316-linux-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-osx-arm64.pkg]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/1015a48e-11bd-40cd-8acb-d87be54ca0cc/37180b18d39a7fc46100a3d79da26759/dotnet-sdk-6.0.316-osx-arm64.pkg
[dotnet-sdk-osx-arm64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/5cf30e97-23b5-408f-99b0-fc0ef0683e8e/44addd677236fed570c9879df275cfc6/dotnet-sdk-6.0.316-osx-arm64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-osx-x64.pkg]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/16b42c38-9e49-4e87-8c0b-4246ff18b9ee/106c74e9fb18eaa04a9f9332fa602b86/dotnet-sdk-6.0.316-osx-x64.pkg
[dotnet-sdk-osx-x64.tar.gz]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/2a48fd10-69bb-451a-b10c-34f0cd131ecc/16d5f9b540b0c5efe93b1118abbc35f3/dotnet-sdk-6.0.316-osx-x64.tar.gz
[dotnet-sdk-win-arm64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/dc5be8d3-4ea7-4c6b-9f05-5900ee80a008/32f07c0e7d5686182b86c91d9ae7efac/dotnet-sdk-6.0.316-win-arm64.exe
[dotnet-sdk-win-arm64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/6f0813b8-afd7-4678-811c-c53456b7d798/ca900e7ebc3107641f73e328a3641494/dotnet-sdk-6.0.316-win-arm64.zip
[dotnet-sdk-win-x64.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/48ece793-e17e-41bb-a205-f6e131058041/9c0ef79a62e2fb49c4773e84fb585a91/dotnet-sdk-6.0.316-win-x64.exe
[dotnet-sdk-win-x64.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/669e84d7-45c3-4b18-8ec7-f491657b1090/f145aac4db7726f9868498b399c029ea/dotnet-sdk-6.0.316-win-x64.zip
[dotnet-sdk-win-x86.exe]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/98373d6a-50f3-44eb-970c-6b7cb54135b2/b989ccdbbd3e7c321cbe182e07670230/dotnet-sdk-6.0.316-win-x86.exe
[dotnet-sdk-win-x86.zip]: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/2b8ba381-4989-43a5-9387-d00cf081a4bb/62ae8e3fc52175f8d33dfdcd3f36ffea/dotnet-sdk-6.0.316-win-x86.zip

