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# .NET Home
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The dotnet repository is the starting point to engage in and learn about .NET
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open source projects from [Microsoft ](http://microsoft.github.io ) and the
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[.NET Foundation ](http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/ ). You can read the more detailed
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[.NET Core is Open Source ](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2014/11/12/net-core-is-open-source.aspx )
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on the .NET blog.
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## Finding .NET Open Source Projects
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There are many [open source .NET projects ](dotnet-developer-projects.md ), a few of which are listed below. Additionally @qourzd maintains list of [awesome open source .NET libraries, tools, frameworks, and software ](https://github.com/quozd/awesome-dotnet ).
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* [.NET Compiler Platform ("Roslyn") ](https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn )
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* [.NET Core 5 ](https://github.com/dotnet/core )
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* [ASP.NET 5 ](https://github.com/aspnet/home )
* [EntityFramework ](https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFramework )
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* [Exceptionless ](https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless )
* [Glimpse ](http://getglimpse.com )
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* [JSON.NET ](http://json.net/ )
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* [MonoGame ](http://monogame.net )
* [Mono Project ](https://github.com/mono/ )
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* [MVVM Cross ](https://github.com/MvvmCross/MvvmCross )
* [MVVM Light Toolkit ](http://www.mvvmlight.net )
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* [ReactiveUI ](https://github.com/reactiveui/ReactiveUI )
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For a longer list, see:
* [.NET developer projects ](dotnet-developer-projects.md )
* [.NET consumer projects ](dotnet-consumer-projects.md )
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For a list of free services and tools for open source .NET projects, see:
* [Free Services & Tools for Open Source .NET Projects ](dotnet-free-oss-services.md )
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## How to Engage, Contribute and Provide Feedback
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.NET open source projects from Microsoft (gladly) accept PRs and other
contributions. To contribute to ASP.NET 5 or EntityFramework, see
[the ASP.NET Contributing Guide ](https://github.com/aspnet/Home/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md ).
To contribute to .NET Core 5, see the
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[.NET Core Contributing Guide ](https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/wiki/Contributing ).
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You are also encouraged to start a discussion by posting on the
[.NET Foundation Forums ](http://forums.dotnetfoundation.org/ ) or filing an issue
in the corresponding GitHub project. See the contributing guides for more
details.
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## .NET Foundation
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Most .NET open source projects at Microsoft have been contributed to the
[.NET Foundation ](http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/projects ). There are two main
.NET Foundation projects for Microsoft open source projects:
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[ASP.NET Core 5 project ](http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/aspnet-5 )
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and the [.NET Core project ](http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/netcore ).
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## License
.NET open source projects typically use either the [MIT ](LICENSE ) or
[Apache 2 ](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 ) licenses for code. Some
projects license documentation and other forms of content under
[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 ](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
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See specific projects to understand the license used.
