Not sure when this will be supported, but I would love to see support for flatpack/apt packages soon.

FOR EVERYONE LOOKING FOR MACOS SUPPORT.

https://forum.linqpad.net/discussion/1983/roadmap-for-cross-platform-ubuntu-linux?

NOW WITH LINQPAD 6 BETA VERSION SEEMS TO BE PARTIALLY WORKING.

Hi Joe

I'd love to be able to run lprun6 in a Docker container. Is seperating the core libraries/executable/cli/GUI on the cards?

I'm curious to see the future of this suggestion considering the newly minted xplat ui framework ("new" as in a suped up Xamarin, it seems) scheduled for .NET 6 next year: https://github.com/dotnet/maui.

In any event, I've used Xamarin Workbooks on Mac for some time and have even tried RoslynPad. Frankly, nothing comes close to LinqPad for productivity and exploratory C# coding. The Dump is just too good. I look forward to the day when I can Dump on the Mac as well 😎.

I understand that LINQPad 6 runs on .NET Core, but only on Windows...

If you combine the following three requests, support for macOS will become the top-requested feature:
- https://linqpad.uservoice.com/forums/18302-linqpad-feature-suggestions/suggestions/588859-support-the-mono-framework-and-run-on-osx
- https://linqpad.uservoice.com/forums/18302-linqpad-feature-suggestions/suggestions/16961749-linqpad-on-net-core
- https://linqpad.uservoice.com/forums/18302-linqpad-feature-suggestions/suggestions/10749420-linqpad-for-mac-please

`sudo apt install linqpad` Make it happen! (please)

P.S. I'd settle for `sudo snap install linqpad` as well.

Will there be a .net core only lprun cli? It would be great to make linqpad scripts and run them via a linux docker container for maintance for example.

Work on a .NET Core version is underway, but to begin with it will target only Windows (.NET Core 3 Desktop). Cross-platform support may follow, but this will be a separate project and will require a review of the available cross-platform GUI libraries.

whatever you do please don't use Electron

Is there any news regarding this suggestion? LINQpad 6 will support .Net Core 3.0, but will it be runnable on Linux? or is it windows only?

I also suggest to vote for this feature https://linqpad.uservoice.com/forums/18302-linqpad-feature-suggestions/suggestions/17456101-add-ability-to-target-net-core

It would be a great to have LINQ pad run cross platform on MacBook... Hoping you can get around the third party control problem you mentioned in the post.

@mortb: This is not the same as Mono support, even if both would enable you to run on OS X an Linux. Seeing as .NET Framework 4.X is now legacy and .NET Core is the way forward, I see Mono as much more of a fringe thing and .NET Core as the only way forward.
Linqpad is the only tool from Windows I am really missing from Windows for .NET development and .NET Core support and being able to run natively on OS X / Linux would be a huge win.

Any traction on this? I would be ok with just a CLI to start.

fyi - I use Fedora 28 (currently) and Visual Studio Code as an editor (not really important).

Would just need a way to do thing typically done in the UI (perhaps .linqpad/config files?) such as:
* create db connections
* install and use drivers (SQLite, etc.)
* configure external references
* reference stored queries
* CLI option to provide different output options (results, SQL, XML, etc.)
* CLI option to declare script type: C# statements, C# program, etc.

There may be other things I am not thinking of - but I believe those to be the major features.

Of course, it would be nice if it shared the same license.

I guess this is the same isssue as https://linqpad.uservoice.com/forums/18302-linqpad-feature-suggestions/suggestions/588859-support-the-mono-framework-and-run-on-osx

Yes please! Would be so useful.

Excellent proposal!

I agree with this. I use LinqPad all the time, but am now moving on to OS X only, since dotnet core allows for this. I would really love to see LinqPad working on core.