The ASP.Net Core MVC framework enables you to build applications that are loosely-coupled, responsive, fast and easier to test and maintain ASP.Net Core MVC is a cross-platform web application ...

You can take advantage of ASP.NET Core MVC to build cross-platform, scalable, high-performance web applications and APIs using the Model-View-Controller design pattern.

In the resulting New ASP.NET Web Application, I selected MVC and checked off the MVC option. At this point, if you’re following along, you have a vanilla ASP.NET MVC 5.2.3 project.

Two Microsoft MVPs have collaborated on a project called Electron.NET that uses the open source ASP.NET Core 2.0 framework to create cross-platform desktop apps running on Windows, OSX and Linux.