Windows Communication Foundation

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Original author(s)Microsoft
Developer(s).NET Foundation
Initial releaseNovember 21, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-11-21)
Stable release
v3.4.0 / August 18, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-08-18)
Repositorygithub.com/dotnet/wcf
Written inC#
Operating systemLinux, macOS, Windows
Platform.NET Framework, .NET
PredecessorWeb Services Enhancements
TypeSoftware framework
LicenseMIT License
Websitedocs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/wcf/index

The Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), previously known as Indigo, is a free and open-source runtime and a set of APIs in the .NET Framework for building connected, service-oriented applications.[1][2]

.NET Core 1.0, released 2016, did not support WCF server side code. WCF support was added to the platform with support for .NET Core 3.1, .NET 5, and .NET 6 in 2022.[3]

  1. ^ Michele Leroux Bustamante. "Hosting WCF Services". CODE Magazine.
  2. ^ "Deploying an Internet Information Services-Hosted WCF Service". Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN). 15 September 2021.
  3. ^ "CoreWCF 1.0 has been Released, WCF for .NET Core and .NET 5+". .NET Blog. 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2022-06-06.