Mono is a comprehensive open source development platform based on the .NET framework that allows IT and ISV developers to build Linux and cross-platform applications with unprecedented productivity.

Mono's .NET implementation is based on the ECMA standards for C# and the Common Language Infrastructure.

Mono provides the necessary software to develop and run .NET client and server applications on Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, Windows, and Unix.

Sponsored by Novell (http://www.novell.com), the Mono open source project has an active and enthusiastic contributing community and is positioned to become the leading choice for development of Linux applications.

Mono has the following other editions available: Mono for Windows and Mono for Linux.

Includes Mono, Cocoa#, Gtk#, MonoDevelop installs in /Library/Frameworks.

NOTE: Mono is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Here are some key features of "Mono":

· Multi-platform.
· Based on the ECMA/ISO standards.
· Runs ASP.NET and Winforms applications.
· Can run .NET, Java, Python and more.
· Open Source, Free Software.
· Commercially supported.
· Comprehensive technology coverage.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Revert Pango to 1.28.4 to resolve a crash when opening the MonoDevelop about box on Snow Leopard.
· Fix a libgdiplus issue that had forced linking against Apple's X11 stack for text rendering.
· Fix issue where a native crash causes MonoDevelop to hang and neither Force Quit nor kill -9 would terminate it (Xamarin #2548).