When is ASP.NET Core 1.0 (ASP.NET 5 / vNext) scheduled for release?

Question

I\'m trying to decide whether to start my new project on ASP.NET 5 or to stick with the current framework. Unfortunately, I can\'t seem to find a schedule for this project. Gith

Answer 1

Update for July 1, 2016

ASP.NET Core 1.0, Entity Framework 1.0, and .NET Core 1.0 were all released on June 27, 2016.

• Announcing ASP.NET Core 1.0
• Announcing Entity Framework Core 1.0
• Announcing .NET Core 1.0

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Update for January 19, 2016

• ASP.NET 5 is now called ASP.NET Core 1.0.
• .NET Core 5 is now .NET Core 1.0.
• Entity Framework 7 is now Entity Framework Core 1.0 or EF Core 1.0 colloquially.

For more information see Scott Hanselman's blog about the change.

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Update for July 2, 2015

In the ASP.NET Community Standup live meeting Damian Edwards discussed some updates to the plans for ASP.NET 5's release. You can read the main points and watch the recording on a recent team blog post.

This tentative plan was described:

• Beta 6 - end of July 2015
• Beta 7 - end of August 2015
• Beta 8 - end of September 2015
• Release Candidate - late fall 2015 - Damian warns that this could be completely inaccurate as it is 6 months into the future.

So, as with all schedules/plans, please take this as a plan, not specific dates.

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Original post from December 19, 2014

We (Microsoft) generally don't give specific dates. However, I can say that ASP.NET 5 ("vNext") is being released as part of Visual Studio 2015, and so that means it's being released in 2015 (big surprise!). It is reasonably safe to assume a release in the early half of 2015.

As you correctly noted, the GitHub repos for ASP.NET 5 now specify the RC milestone, which indicates that our main focus right now is on stability, and that the feature set for the RTM release is largely there. There are still features and designs being finalized, and anyone can of course see those going on in the individual repos.