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name: .NET
domain: dotnet.microsoft.com
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relation: substitute
segment: Web Application and Frontend Hosting Platform
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# .NET

A free, open-source, cross-platform software framework for building web apps, cloud services, mobile and desktop apps, and AI-powered applications.

**Route:** surfaced by the Web Application and Frontend Hosting Platform lane's de-branded queries → substitute to vercel.com.

**Why it's on the map:** A frontend or full-stack developer who chooses .NET to build and deploy web applications would not need Vercel's platform to do the same job, because .NET provides its own runtime, tooling, and hosting infrastructure.

**Receipts** (verbatim from its page this run):

> free, open-source, cross-platform framework for building modern apps and powerful cloud services

> Build web apps and services for macOS, Windows, Linux, and Docker.

> Build scalable and resilient cloud-native apps that run on all major cloud providers.

**Edges:**

- discusses [[news-ycombinator-com]]
