Supported Platforms and System Requirements

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This article is intended for IT administrators who wish to set up Firefox on the computers within their organization.

Firefox desktop should be installed on systems meeting minimum requirements for best performance.

Windows

Operating Systems (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Windows 7
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 10

Recommended Hardware

  • Pentium 4 or newer processor that supports SSE2
  • 512MB of RAM / 2GB of RAM for the 64-bit version
  • 200MB of hard drive space

Mac

Operating Systems

  • macOS 10.9
  • macOS 10.10
  • macOS 10.11
  • macOS 10.12
  • macOS 10.13

Recommended Hardware

  • Macintosh computer with an Intel x86 processor
  • 512 MB of RAM
  • 200 MB hard drive space

GNU/Linux

Please note that GNU/Linux distributors may provide packages for your distribution which have different requirements.

Software Requirements

Firefox will not run at all without the following libraries or packages:

  • GTK+ 3.4 or higher
  • GLib 2.22 or higher
  • Pango 1.22 or higher
  • X.Org 1.0 or higher (1.7 or higher is recommended)
  • libstdc++ 4.6.1 or higher

For optimal functionality, we recommend the following libraries or packages:

  • NetworkManager 0.7 or higher
  • DBus 1.0 or higher
  • GNOME 2.16 or higher
  • PulseAudio