.NET Core Characteristics

 Open-source Framework: .NET Core is an open-source framework maintained by Microsoft and available on GitHub under MIT and Apache 2 licenses. It is a .NET Foundation project

Cross-platform: .NET Core runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems. There are different runtime for each operating system that executes the code and generates the same output.

Consistent across Architectures: Execute the code with the same behavior in different instruction set architectures,  including x64, x86, and ARM.

Wide-range of Applications: Various types of applications can be developed and run on .NET Core platform such as mobile, desktop, web, cloud, IoT, machine learning, microservices, game, etc.

Supports Multiple Languages: You can use C#, F#, and Visual Basic programming languages to develop .NET Core applications. You can use your favorite IDE, including Visual Studio 2017/2019, Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, Vim, etc.

Modular Architecture: .NET Core supports modular architecture approach using NuGet packages. There are different NuGet packages for various features that can be added to the .NET Core project as needed. Even the .NET Core library is provided as a NuGet package. The NuGet package for the default .NET Core applicationmodel is Microsoft.NETCore.App.This way, it reduces the memory footprint, speeds up the performance, and easy to maintain.

CLI Tools: .NET Core includes CLI tools (Command-line interface) for development and continuous-integration.

Flexible Deployment: .NET Core application can be deployed user-wide or system-wide or with Docker Containers.

Compatibility: Compatible with .NET Framework and Mono APIs by using .NET Standard specification