# Supported OS and Hardware

Before starting to use Monokot Server and Monokot Server Administrator please carefully review the list of supported operating systems and hardware:

### Windows

| **Operating System**                     | **Architectures** | **Note**                 |
| ---------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------ |
| Windows 7 SP1\*                          | x64               | not supported officially |
| Windows 8.1                              | x64               |                          |
| <p>Windows 10 (1607 and later)<br></p>   | x64               |                          |
| <p>Windows Server 2012 and later<br></p> | x64               |                          |

\* Windows 7 SP1 with [<mark style="color:blue;">Extended Security Updates</mark>](https://docs.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/windows-client/windows-7-eos-faq/windows-7-extended-security-updates-faq) installed.

### Linux

| **Operating System**                                       | **Architectures**          | **Note** |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | -------- |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and later\*                     | x64                        |          |
| <p>CentOS 7 and later\*<br></p>                            | x64                        |          |
| <p>Fedora 33 and later\*<br></p>                           | x64                        |          |
| <p>Debian 9 and later\*<br></p>                            | <p>x64, ARM, ARM64<br></p> |          |
| Ubuntu 18.10 and later\*                                   | x64, ARM, ARM64            |          |
| Linux Mint 18 and later\*                                  | x64                        |          |
| openSUSE 15 and later\*                                    | <p>x64<br></p>             |          |
| <p>SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) 12 SP2 and later\*<br></p> | <p>x64<br></p>             |          |
| <p>Alpine Linux 3.12 and later\*<br></p>                   | <p>x64, ARM64<br></p>      |          |

\* In the latest versions of Linux, there is an incompatibility of libssl. The solution to the issue is described in the [<mark style="color:blue;">Installation section</mark>](https://docs.monokot.io/installation#linux-and-macos).

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Because the server depends on armv7 instructions all models of generation Raspberry Pi 1 are not supported. Please use generation Raspberry Pi 2 or above
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### macOS

| **Operating System**                         | **Architectures** | **Note** |
| -------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | -------- |
| <p>macOS High Sierra 10.13 and later<br></p> | x64               |          |

The server is compatible with ARM/ARM64 hardware platforms if they support Armv7 instructions