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 # .NET Core SDK
 
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 This repo contains the source code for the cross-platform [.NET Core](http://github.com/dotnet/core) SDK. It aggregates the .NET Toolchain, the .NET Core runtime, the templates, the offline packages cache, and the ASP.NET Runtime store. It produces zip, tarballs, and native packages for various supported platforms.