dotnet/dotnet

Home of .NET's Virtual Monolithic Repository which includes all the code needed to build the .NET SDK. observed · 2026-09-03

github.com/dotnet/dotnet · homepage · C# · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-09-03

Health v2 · maintenance only

95/100

Activity 100
Release rhythm 85
Longevity 100

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: 0
age_days: 1420
days_rel: 21
days_push: 0
n_releases_24m: 64

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1251 stars · 337 forks observed · 2026-09-03

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

dotnet/dotnet is the Virtual Monolithic Repository (VMR) containing all source code needed to build the .NET SDK, joining sources from repos like dotnet/runtime and dotnet/sdk. It enables whole-product source builds, distro packaging, and cross-repo changes identified by a single commit.

Use cases

build the entire .NET SDK from source on Linux
package .NET natively into a Linux distribution
make and test changes spanning multiple .NET repositories
apply custom patches to .NET before building
verify security fixes across the whole .NET product

When to choose

you are a distro maintainer (e.g. Red Hat, Canonical) packaging .NET from source
you need to build .NET offline or with custom infrastructure
you want to contribute changes that span multiple .NET product repos

When to avoid

you just want to install and use the .NET SDK to develop apps
you want to contribute to a single .NET product repo like runtime or aspnetcore
you need stable NuGet packages rather than source builds

Facets

framework · maturity active

build-tool compiler developer-tools developer-tools programming-languages cross-platform cross-platform windows dotnet monorepo vmr source-build sdk linux macos

4 sources

readme: https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet · fetched 2026-09-03 · 80b9ed5d0b8f
homepage: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · bee217751475
site_page: https://learn.microsoft.com/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · f29800be2b9a
site_page: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet · fetched 2026-08-29 · efa9016b58aa

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
dotnet/dotnet	main	95

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