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  "channel-version": "8.0",
  "last-updated": "2026-04-07",
  "families": [
    {
      "name": "Android",
      "distributions": [
        {
          "id": "android",
          "name": "Android",
          "link": "https://www.android.com/",
          "lifecycle": "https://support.google.com/android",
          "architectures": ["Arm32", "Arm64", "x64"],
          "supported-versions": ["16", "15", "14"],
          "unsupported-versions": ["13", "12.1", "12", "11"],
          "notes": ["API 21 is used as the minimum SDK target."]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Apple",
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        {
          "id": "ios",
          "name": "iOS",
          "link": "https://developer.apple.com/ios/",
          "architectures": ["Arm64"],
          "supported-versions": ["26", "18"],
          "unsupported-versions": ["17", "16", "15"],
          "notes": ["iOS 12.2 is used as the minimum SDK target."]
        },
        {
          "id": "ipados",
          "name": "iPadOS",
          "link": "https://developer.apple.com/ipados/",
          "architectures": ["Arm64"],
          "supported-versions": ["26", "18", "17"],
          "unsupported-versions": ["16", "15"]
        },
        {
          "id": "macos",
          "name": "macOS",
          "link": "https://developer.apple.com/macos/",
          "architectures": ["Arm64", "x64"],
          "supported-versions": ["26", "15", "14"],
          "unsupported-versions": ["13", "12"],
          "notes": [
            "The iOS and tvOS simulators are supported on macOS Arm64 and x64.",
            "The x64 emulator (Rosetta 2) is supported on macOS Arm64.",
            "Mac Catalyst apps are supported on macOS Arm64 and x64."
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tvos",
          "name": "tvOS",
          "link": "https://developer.apple.com/tvos/",
          "architectures": ["Arm64"],
          "supported-versions": ["26"],
          "unsupported-versions": ["18", "17", "16", "15", "14", "13", "12.2"]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Linux",
      "distributions": [
        {
          "id": "alpine",
          "name": "Alpine",
          "link": "https://alpinelinux.org/",
          "lifecycle": "https://alpinelinux.org/releases/",
          "architectures": ["Arm32", "Arm64", "x64"],
          "supported-versions": ["3.23", "3.22", "3.21", "3.20"],
          "unsupported-versions": ["3.19", "3.18", "3.17", "3.16"]
        },
        {
          "id": "azure-linux",
          "name": "Azure Linux",
          "link": "https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux",
          "architectures": ["Arm64", "x64"],
          "supported-versions": ["3.0"]
        },
        {
          "id": "centos-stream",
          "name": "CentOS Stream",
          "link": "https://centos.org/",
          "lifecycle": "https://www.centos.org/cl-vs-cs/",
          "architectures": ["Arm64", "ppc64le", "s390x", "x64"],
          "supported-versions": ["10", "9"]
        },
        {
          "id": "debian",
          "name": "Debian",
          "link": "https://www.debian.org/",
          "lifecycle": "https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases",
          "architectures": ["Arm32", "Arm64", "x64"],
          "supported-versions": ["13", "12"],
          "unsupported-versions": ["11"]
        },
        {
          "id": "fedora",
          "name": "Fedora",
          "link": "https://fedoraproject.org/",
          "lifecycle": "https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/End_of_life",
          "architectures": ["Arm32", "Arm64", "x64"],
          "supported-versions": ["43", "42"],
          "unsupported-versions": ["41", "40", "39", "38", "37"]
        },
        {
          "id": "opensuse",
          "name": "openSUSE Leap",
          "link": "https://www.opensuse.org/",
          "lifecycle": "https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime",
          "architectures": ["Arm64", "x64"],
          "supported-versions": ["16.0", "15.6"],
          "unsupported-versions": ["15.5", "15.4"]
        },
        {
          "id": "rhel",
          "name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux",
          "link": "https://access.redhat.com/",
          "lifecycle": "https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/",
          "architectures": ["Arm64", "ppc64le", "s390x", "x64"],
          "supported-versions": ["10", "9", "8"],
          "notes": [
            "RHEL-compatible derivatives are supported per [.NET Support](../../support.md)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sles",
          "name": "SUSE Linux Enterprise",
          "link": "https://www.suse.com/",
          "lifecycle": "https://www.suse.com/lifecycle/",
          "architectures": ["Arm64", "x64"],
          "supported-versions": ["16.0", "15.7"],
          "unsupported-versions": ["15.6", "15.5", "15.4", "12.5"]
        },
        {
          "id": "ubuntu",
          "name": "Ubuntu",
          "link": "https://ubuntu.com/",
          "lifecycle": "https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases",
          "architectures": ["Arm32", "Arm64", "x64"],
          "supported-versions": ["25.10", "24.04", "22.04"],
          "unsupported-versions": ["25.04", "24.10", "20.04", "23.10", "23.04"]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Windows",
      "distributions": [
        {
          "id": "windows-nano-server",
          "name": "Nano Server",
          "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/virtualization/windowscontainers/manage-containers/container-base-images",
          "lifecycle": "https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/get-started/windows-server-release-info",
          "architectures": ["x64"],
          "supported-versions": ["2025", "2022", "2019"]
        },
        {
          "id": "windows",
          "name": "Windows",
          "link": "https://www.microsoft.com/windows/",
          "lifecycle": "https://support.microsoft.com/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet",
          "architectures": ["Arm64", "x64", "x86"],
          "supported-versions": [
            "11-26h1-e",
            "11-26h1-w",
            "11-25h2-e",
            "11-25h2-w",
            "11-24h2-iot-lts",
            "11-24h2-e-lts",
            "11-24h2-e",
            "11-24h2-w",
            "11-23h2-e",
            "10-21h2-e-lts",
            "10-21h2-iot-lts",
            "10-1809-e-lts",
            "10-1607-e-lts"
          ],
          "unsupported-versions": [
            "11-23h2-w",
            "11-22h2-e",
            "11-22h2-w",
            "11-21h2-e",
            "10-22h2",
            "10-21h2-e"
          ],
          "notes": [
            "The x64 and x86 emulators are supported on Windows 11 Arm64.",
            "The x86 emulator is supported on x64."
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "windows-server",
          "name": "Windows Server",
          "link": "https://www.microsoft.com/windows-server",
          "lifecycle": "https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/get-started/windows-server-release-info",
          "architectures": ["x64"],
          "supported-versions": [
            "2025",
            "23H2",
            "2022",
            "2019",
            "2016",
            "2012-R2",
            "2012"
          ],
          "notes": [
            "Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 are supported with [Extended Security Updates (ESU)](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/get-started/extended-security-updates-overview)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "windows-server-core",
          "name": "Windows Server Core",
          "link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/virtualization/windowscontainers/manage-containers/container-base-images",
          "lifecycle": "https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/get-started/windows-server-release-info",
          "architectures": ["x64"],
          "supported-versions": [
            "2025",
            "2022",
            "2019",
            "2016",
            "2012-R2",
            "2012"
          ],
          "notes": [
            "Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 are supported with [Extended Security Updates (ESU)](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/get-started/extended-security-updates-overview)."
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "libc": [
    {
      "name": "glibc",
      "architectures": ["Arm32", "Arm64", "x64"],
      "version": "2.23",
      "source": "Ubuntu 16.04"
    },
    {
      "name": "musl",
      "architectures": ["Arm32", "Arm64", "x64"],
      "version": "1.2.2",
      "source": "Alpine 3.13"
    }
  ],
  "notes": [
    "The [QEMU](https://www.qemu.org/) emulator is not supported to run .NET apps. QEMU is used, for example, to emulate Arm64 containers on x64, and vice versa.",
    "Microsoft-provided portable Arm32 glibc builds are supported on distro versions with a [Y2038 incompatible glibc](https://github.com/dotnet/core/discussions/9285) or a Y2038 compatible glibc with [_TIME_BITS](https://sourceware.org/glibc/manual/latest/html_node/Feature-Test-Macros.html) set to 32-bit, for example Debian 12, Ubuntu 22.04, and lower versions."
  ]
}