Documentation Supported Operating Systems

# Supported Operating Systems

VeraCrypt currently supports the following operating systems:

- Windows 10
- Windows 8 and 8.1
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Server 2003
- Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra
- Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra
- Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan
- Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
- Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
- Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
- Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
- Linux x86 (32-bit and 64-bit versions, kernel 2.6 or compatible)
- FreeBSD x86 (32-bit and 64-bit versions, starting from version 11)

Note: The following operating systems (among others) are not supported: Windows RT, Windows 2003 IA-64, Windows 2008 IA-64, Windows XP IA-64, and the Embedded/Tablet versions of Windows.

Also see the section Operating Systems Supported for System Encryption