On 18 September 2017, Daniel Grunwald of the ICSharpCode team announced the project is "dead" for reasons related to the fast pace of changes to C# and .NET, including .NET Core, and suggested SharpDevelop users switch to either MonoDevelop or Visual Studio Code IDEs, each being recommended as a suitable open source replacement that is the target of regular updates and other maintenance. See also Comparison of integrated development environments Microsoft Visual Studio Software development kit References External links SharpDevelop at CodePlex .NET programming tools C Sharp software Free integrated development environments Free software programmed in C Sharp Software using the LGPL license Windows-only free software