Support

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Support

Supported platforms supported-platforms

System Tier Versions Tested versions Linux (x86_64) 1 >= 2.6.32, glibc >= 2.12 Ubuntu 24.04 macOS (x86_64) 1 >= 11 macOS 13 macOS (arm64) 1 >= 11 macOS 15 Windows 64-bit 1 >= Windows 10 Version 1809 Windows Server 2022 FreeBSD 1 >= 10 FreeBSD 14 Linux (arm64) 2 >= 2.6.32, glibc >= 2.12 OpenBSD 2 >= 7 MinGW 2 MinGW-w64 Windows 64-bit 3 < Windows 10 Version 1809

Note: Windows 10 "Version 1809" or later is required for :terminal. To check your Windows version, run the "winver" command and look for "Version xxxx" (NOT "OS Build").

Note: On Windows "Server" you may need to install vcruntime140.dll: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

Support types

* Tier 1: Officially supported and tested with CI. Any contributed patch MUST NOT break support for such platforms.

* Tier 2: Officially supported, but not necessarily tested with CI. Support for these platforms are maintained by best effort, without being a top priority.

* Tier 3: Not tested and no guarantees, and not all features may work.

Adding support for a new platform

IMPORTANT: Before attempting to add support for a new platform please open an issue about it for discussion.

Common

Some common notes when adding support for new platforms:

CMake is the only supported build system. Nvim must be buildable on the platform with CMake.

All functionality related to the new platform must be implemented in its own file inside src/nvim/os unless it's already done in a common file, in which case adding an #ifdef is fine.