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- .NET Framework Release Notes
- .NET Framework Documentation
- .NET Open Source Developer Projects
- .NET Open Source Consumer Projects
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There are many projects that you can use and contribute to, some of which are listed below. Please do contribute to these projects!
- .NET (dotnet/core)
- .NET MAUI (dotnet/maui)
- ASP.NET Core (dotnet/aspnetcore)
- C# (dotnet/csharplang)
- Entity Framework Core (dotnet/efcore)
- F# (dotnet/fsharp)
- ML.NET dotnet/machinelearning)
- Roslyn Compiler Platform (dotnet/roslyn)
- Windows Forms (dotnet/winforms)
- WPF (dotnet/wpf)
- .NET docs (dotnet/docs)
- .NET MAUI docs (dotnet/docs-maui)
- ASP.NET Core docs (dotnet/AspNetCore.Docs)
- Entity Framework docs (dotnet/EntityFramework.Docs)
- .NET Framework docs (dotnet/docs)
- .NET Framework source code - read-only subset (microsoft/referencesource)
- Xamarin iOS + macOS (xamarin/xamarin-macios)
- Xamarin Android (xamarin/xamarin-android)
- Xamarin.Forms (xamarin/Xamarin.Forms)
- Mono Project
Here is a short list of projects to check out:
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