# 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>](/basics/installation.md#linux-and-macos).

{% hint style="warning" %}
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
{% endhint %}

### 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


---

# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.monokot.io/basics/supported-os-and-hardware.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.