One reason is that Mono supports a bunch of minor platforms [0] that .NET doesn't - yet (for example, FreeBSD support has an active Github issue [1]... although

One reason is that Mono supports a bunch of minor platforms [0] that .NET doesn't - yet (for example, FreeBSD support has an active Github issue [1]... although it's been active for _eight years_). If you're running Windows, Mac, or Linux I'm not aware of major reasons to use Mono. [0] https://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/supported-platforms/ https://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/supported-platf... [1] https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/14537 https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/14537