System Requirements

Version 127.0beta

Windows

  • Windows 10 or later

Windows Recommended Hardware

  • 1GHz or faster Intel/AMD compatible processor
  • 1GB RAM / 2GB of RAM for the 64-bit version
  • 250 MB hard drive space
  • additional hard drive space for mail storage

Mac

  • macOS 10.15 or later

Recommended Hardware

  • Mac computer with an Intel x86 or Apple Silicon processor
  • 1GB RAM
  • 500 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
    • libdbus-glib 0.6.0 or higher
    • libglib 2.42 or higher
    • libstdc++ 4.8.1 or higher
    • libxtst 1.2.3 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
    • NetworkManager 0.7 or higher
    • PulseAudio

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