.NET Core RC2 is out, it's open source, and it's on multiple platforms. I'm particularly proud of the cool vanity domain we got for it. http://dot.net. ;) It makes me smile. Here's the important blog posts to check out: Announcing .NET Core RC2 and .NET Core SDK Preview 1 Announcing ASP.NET Core RC2 Announcing Updated Web Development Tools for ASP.NET Core RC2 Announcing Entity Framework Core RC2