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title: Supported Operating System Versions
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# Supported Operating System Versions

> Description — _Couchbase Lite on Java — the OS and SDK versions on which this framework is supported_  
> Related Content — [What's New](#cbl-whatsnew.adoc) | [Release Notes](releasenotes.md) | [Compatibility](compatibility.md)

## [](#officially-supported-versions)Officially Supported Versions

Couchbase Lite on Java is supported on x86 64-bit platforms. The targeted OS versions are given in [Table 1](#supported-os-versions)

> [!IMPORTANT]
> Deprecation Notice
> 
> Support for the following will be deprecated in this release and will be removed in a future release:
> 
> * macOS
> 
>   * 11 - Big Sur
> * Apple OS X
> 
>   * v10.14 - Mojave
>   * v10.15 - Catalina
> * iOS - 10,11
> * CentOS - All versions
> * RedHat - 7/8
> * Ubuntu - 16, 18.04
> * Microsoft Server - 2016,2019
> * Debian - 9
> 
> Please plan to migrate your apps to use an appropriate alternative version.

__Table 1\. Supported versions__
| OS                           | Version                                | Type                                   |
| ---------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| RHEL                         | 8                                      | Desktop & Web Service/Servlet (Tomcat) |
| 7                            | Desktop & Web Service/Servlet (Tomcat) |                                        |
| centOS                       | 8                                      | Desktop & Web Service/Servlet (Tomcat) |
| 7                            | Desktop & Web Service/Servlet (Tomcat) |                                        |
| Ubuntu                       | 20.04 LTS                              | Desktop & Web Service/Servlet (Tomcat) |
| 18.04 LTS                    | Desktop & Web Service/Servlet (Tomcat) |                                        |
| 16.04 LTS                    | Deprecated                             |                                        |
| Debian                       | GNU/Linux 9                            | Desktop & Web Service/Servlet (Tomcat) |
| Microsoft Server             | Windows Server 2019 (64-bit)           | Web Service/Servlet (Tomcat)           |
| Windows Server 2016 (64-bit) | Web Service/Servlet (Tomcat)           |                                        |
| Windows Server 2012 (64-bit) | Deprecated                             |                                        |
| Microsoft                    | Windows 10                             | Desktop                                |
| Apple                        | OSX 11 (Big Sur)                       | Desktop                                |
| OSX v10.15 (Catalina)        | Desktop                                |                                        |
| OSX v10.14 (Mojave)          | Desktop                                |                                        |