System Requirements

Version 97.0beta

Windows

Operating Systems

  • Windows 7
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 11

Windows Recommended Hardware

  • Pentium 4 or newer processor that supports SSE2
  • 1GB RAM / 2GB of RAM for the 64-bit version
  • 200 MB hard drive space
  • additional hard drive space for mail storage

Mac

Operating Systems

  • macOS 10.12
  • macOS 10.13
  • macOS 10.14
  • macOS 10.15
  • macOS 11
  • macOS 12

Recommended Hardware

  • Mac computer with an Intel x86 processor
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 200 MB hard drive space
  • additional hard drive space for mail storage

GNU/Linux

Software Requirements

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

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

    • glibc 2.17 or higher
    • GTK+ 3.14 or higher
    • libstdc++ 4.8.1 or higher
    • X.Org 1.0 or higher (1.7 or higher is recommended)
  • For optimal functionality, we recommend the following libraries or packages:

    • DBus 1.0 or higher
    • GNOME 2.16 or higher
    • libxtst 1.2.3 or higher
    • NetworkManager 0.7 or higher
    • PulseAudio

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