---
title: .NET
description: >
  <img width="35" class="img-initial otel-icon"
  src="/img/logos/32x32/dotnet.svg" alt=".NET"> A language-specific
  implementation of OpenTelemetry in .NET.
aliases: [net, /csharp, /csharp/metrics, /csharp/tracing]
weight: 120
---

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## Version support

OpenTelemetry for .NET supports all officially supported versions of
[.NET](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet) and
[.NET Framework](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework) except
for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.

## Signals

OpenTelemetry .NET supports the following signals:

- [Traces](/docs/languages/dotnet/traces): Learn how to collect distributed
  traces in your .NET applications.
- [Metrics](/docs/languages/dotnet/metrics): Learn how to collect metrics in
  your .NET applications.
- [Logs](/docs/languages/dotnet/logs): Learn how to collect logs in your .NET
  applications.

## Repositories

OpenTelemetry .NET consists of the following repositories:

- [OpenTelemetry .NET](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet)
- [OpenTelemetry .NET Contrib](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib)
- [OpenTelemetry .NET Automatic Instrumentation](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-instrumentation)
