is 2.2 (5.2.3) which shipped on 9th of February Can be hosted outside of IIS (HttpListener, any server compatible with OWIN, etc.) Can work on Mono (if you accept the fact that you will hit weird bugs) Has a very natural HTTP programming model
version is 1.0.1) Actively developed and maintained Can be hosted outside of IIS Can run on CoreCLR On top of ASP.NET Core programming model Runs on Kestrel web server, based on Libuv
a server-side framework to write any sort of web applications Need to be able to host outside of Windows Want to take advantage of new ASP.NET Core programming model OK to occasionally pull your hair out
ASP.NET MVC 5 Active development ✓ ✗ ✗ Good for server-side rendering ✓ ✗ ✓ Good for HTTP APIs ✓ ✓ ✗ Can be hosted outside of IIS ✓ ✓ ✗ Can run on CoreCLR ✓ ✗ ✗
API and MVC Repository: https://aspnetwebstack.codeplex.com/ • ASP.NET Core Docs: https://docs.asp.net • Some ASP.NET Core Samples: https://github.com/tugberkugurlu/AspNetCoreSamples