# What operating systems does OpenFHE support?

**URL:** <https://openfhe.discourse.group/t/what-operating-systems-does-openfhe-support/678>\
**Category:** FAQ\
**Created:** [June 30, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://openfhe.discourse.group/t/what-operating-systems-does-openfhe-support/678 "2023-06-30T17:58:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![ypolyakov](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/openfhe.discourse.group/ypolyakov/32/47_2.png) [@ypolyakov](https://openfhe.discourse.group/u/ypolyakov)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://openfhe.discourse.group/t/what-operating-systems-does-openfhe-support/678/1 "2023-06-30T17:58:19Z")

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## Supported Operating Systems ([Installation — OpenFHE documentation](https://openfhe-development.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sphinx_rsts/intro/installation/installation.html#supported-operating-systems))

OpenFHE CI continually tests our builds on the following operating systems:

- Ubuntu [18.04] [20.04]
- macOS [Mojave]
- Centos 7
- NVIDIA Xavier [Linux for Tegra 4.2.2]
- MinGW (64-bit) on Windows 10

OpenFHE users have reported successful operation on the following systems:

- FreeBSD
- Ubuntu [16.04]
- Arch Linux

If you have tested OpenFHE in other environments, please share it in this topic.

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**Author:** ![dsuponitskiy-duality](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@dsuponitskiy-duality](https://openfhe.discourse.group/u/dsuponitskiy-duality)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://openfhe.discourse.group/t/what-operating-systems-does-openfhe-support/678/2 "2023-06-30T18:31:16Z")

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In addition to the above, there were reports that OpenFHE successfully ran on

- Ubuntu [22.04] [23.04]
- macOS [[Monterey] [Ventura]

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**Author:** ![narger](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/openfhe.discourse.group/narger/32/420_2.png) [@narger](https://openfhe.discourse.group/u/narger)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://openfhe.discourse.group/t/what-operating-systems-does-openfhe-support/678/3 "2023-07-03T13:25:59Z")

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MacOS Ventura 13.2.1 on ARM processor here 🙂

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**Author:** ![clemthewalrus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/openfhe.discourse.group/clemthewalrus/32/129_2.png) [@clemthewalrus](https://openfhe.discourse.group/u/clemthewalrus)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://openfhe.discourse.group/t/what-operating-systems-does-openfhe-support/678/4 "2023-07-05T16:27:21Z")

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(If we care about differences between versions of macOS Ventura, I’m running it on 13.4.)

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**Author:** ![KitchM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@KitchM](https://openfhe.discourse.group/u/KitchM)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://openfhe.discourse.group/t/what-operating-systems-does-openfhe-support/678/5 "2026-05-26T14:05:06Z")

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Wouldn’t it be better to test it on widely recognized server OSs?