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Mono is a free and open source project led by Xamarin (formerly by Novell and originally by Ximian) to create an Ecma standard compliant .NET Framework-compatible set of tools including, among others, a C# compiler and a Common Language Runtime.

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  • Free
  • Open Source (MIT)

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  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux  Provided by distribution
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • BSD  Provided by distribution
  • Self-Hosted
  • Oracle Solaris
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From Leo AI: .NET Core and .NET 5 are generally considered to run lighter than Mono. .NET Core and .NET 5 are optimized for performance and have better support for cross-platform development, which includes better performance on Linux and other operating systems. Mono, while still widely used, is often seen as slower and less stable, especially for web applications. However, Mono has strengths in areas like WebAssembly and ahead-of-time compilation for iOS, which .NET Core does not fully cover.

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Install from the command line

  • winget install -e --id Mono.Mono
  • brew install --cask mono-mdk
  • brew install mono

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What is Mono?

Mono is a free and open source project led by Xamarin (formerly by Novell and originally by Ximian) to create an Ecma standard compliant .NET Framework-compatible set of tools including, among others, a C# compiler and a Common Language Runtime.

The stated purpose of Mono is not only to be able to run Microsoft .NET applications cross-platform, but also to bring better development tools to Linux developers. Mono can be run on many operating systems including Android, BSD, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, Solaris, Unix, and some for game consoles such as PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360.

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  •  11,439 Stars
  •  3,817 Forks
  •  2264 Open Issues
  •   Updated  

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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Mono, and it has gotten 39 likes

Mono was added to AlternativeTo by Thelle Christensen on and this page was last updated . Mono is sometimes referred to as Mono Framework, Mono Project.