# .NET Core 2.1 Releases

This release is out of support. See [.NET releases](../../releases.md) for in-support releases.

[.NET Core 2.1](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-core-2-1/) was an [LTS release](../../release-policies.md) and was supported for (a little more than) three years, from May 2018 to August 2021. It was [supported by Microsoft](../../microsoft-support.md) on [multiple operating systems](2.1-supported-os.md).

- [Downloads](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/2.1) (also see [Releases](#releases))
- [Installation docs](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/install/)
- [Containers](https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-dotnet)
- [Supported operating systems](2.1-supported-os.md)
- [Known Issues](2.1-known-issues.md)
- [Contributors](2.1.0-contributor.md)

## Releases

| Date | Release |
| :-- | :-- |
| 2021/08/21 | Out of support - [.NET Core 2.1 end of life](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-core-2-1-will-reach-end-of-support-on-august-21-2021/) |
| 2021/08/19 | [2.1.30](2.1.30/2.1.30.md) |
| 2021/05/11 | [2.1.28](2.1.28/2.1.28.md) |
| 2021/04/13 | [2.1.27](2.1.27/2.1.27.md) |
| 2021/03/09 | [2.1.26](2.1.26/2.1.26.md) |
| 2021/02/09 | [2.1.25](2.1.25/2.1.25.md) |
| 2021/01/12 | [2.1.24](2.1.24/2.1.24.md) |
| 2020/10/13 | [2.1.23](2.1.23/2.1.23.md) |
| 2020/09/08 | [2.1.22](2.1.22/2.1.22.md) |
| 2020/08/11 | [2.1.21](2.1.21/2.1.21.md) |
| 2020/07/14 | [2.1.20](2.1.20/2.1.20.md) |
| 2020/06/09 | [2.1.19](2.1.19/2.1.19.md) |
| 2020/05/12 | [2.1.18](2.1.18/2.1.18.md) |
| 2020/03/24 | [2.1.17](2.1.17/2.1.17.md) |
| 2020/02/18 | [2.1.16](2.1.16/2.1.16.md) |
| 2020/01/14 | [2.1.15](2.1.15/2.1.15.md) |
| 2019/11/19 | [2.1.14](2.1.14/2.1.14.md) |
| 2019/09/10 | [2.1.13](2.1.13/2.1.13.md) |
| 2019/07/09 | [2.1.12](2.1.12/2.1.12.md) |
| 2019/05/14 | [2.1.11](2.1.11/2.1.11.md) |
| 2019/04/09 | [2.1.10](2.1.10/2.1.10.md) |
| 2019/03/12 | [2.1.9](2.1.9/2.1.9.md) |
| 2019/02/12 | [2.1.8](2.1.8/2.1.8.md) |
| 2019/01/08 | [2.1.7](2.1.7/2.1.7.md) |
| 2018/11/13 | [2.1.6](2.1.6/2.1.6.md) |
| 2018/10/02 | [2.1.5](2.1.5/2.1.5.md) |
| 2018/09/11 | [2.1.4](2.1.4/2.1.4.md) |
| 2018/08/21 | [2.1.3](2.1.3/2.1.3.md) |
| 2018/07/10 | [2.1.2](2.1.2.md) |
| 2018/06/19 | [2.1.1](2.1.1.md) |
| 2018/05/30 | [2.1.0](2.1.0.md) |