Mono FOR MAC

Mono is a powerful and flexible project specially made to help developers create cross-platform applications. The aim of Mono is to run Microsoft .NET applications cross-platform and deliver better development tools to developers. Besides running on macOS, Mono is also compatible with Windows, Linux, BSD, Solaris, and Android platforms, as well as game consoles such as Wii, Xbox 260, and PlayStation 3. Thus, Mono comes with both developer tools and the infrastructure required to run .NET client and server applications.

Key Features:

• C# compiler


• Mono Runtime implementing the ECMA Common Language Infrastructure


• Just-in-Time and Ahead-of-Time compiler


• Library loader


• Threading system


• Garbage collector


• Interoperability functionality

Additional Components:

• Base and Mono Class Library


• Automatic memory management


• Generics, reflection, and threading support


• Common Language Runtime for choosing programming languages

Benefits of Mono:

• Develop cross-platform applications


• Free and open-source development platform


• Focus on app development, not system infrastructure code


• Interoperate with code written in other CLR languages


• Option to script applications using Mono runtime

If you are interested in developing cross-platform applications and looking for a free and open-source development platform to help you achieve your goals, Mono might just be the answer for you.

Publisher: Novell Inc

Publisher Link: Novell Inc