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# .NET Core

You can use the [Cake.CoreCLR](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Cake.CoreCLR) NuGet package to run cross-platform on Windows, Mac or Linux using [.NET Core](https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#windows).

# .NET Framework 4.6.1

The [Cake](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Cake) NuGet package can be used on Windows to run using the full [.NET Framework 4.6.1](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49981).

Alternatively, you can also use [Mono](http://www.mono-project.com/) to run on Mac or Linux. The official recommended version of Mono is `4.4.2`. Older versions might work but are not supported.

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# .NET Core

You can use the [Cake.CoreCLR](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Cake.CoreCLR) NuGet package to run cross-platform on Windows, Mac or Linux using [.NET Core](https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#windows).

# .NET Framework 4.6.1

The [Cake](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Cake) NuGet package can be used on Windows to run using the full [.NET Framework 4.6.1](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49981).

Alternatively, you can also use [Mono](http://www.mono-project.com/) to run on Mac or Linux. The official recommended version of Mono is `4.4.2`. Older versions might work but are not supported.

**NOTE:** It is suggested to use [.NET Framework 4.7.2](https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/dotnet-framework/net472) or newer to run build scripts which are using addins targetting .NET Standard 2.0 only.

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Add note that .NET Framework 4.7.2 is suggested for running .NET Standard addins