VeraCrypt - Free Open source disk encryption with strong security for the Paranoid
Description: VeraCrypt is free open-source disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. In case an attacker forces you to reveal the password, VeraCrypt provides plausible deniability. In contrast to file encryption, data encryption performed by VeraCrypt is real-time (on-the-fly), automatic, transparent, needs very little memory, and does not involve temporary unencrypted files.
Keywords: encryption, security

Documentation Supported Operating Systems

# Supported Operating Systems

VeraCrypt currently supports the following operating systems:

- Windows 11
- Windows 10
- Windows 8 and 8.1
- Windows 7 (KB3033929 or KB4474419 must be installed)
- Windows Vista (KB4039648 or KB4474419 must be installed)
- Windows XP
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) (KB3033929 or KB4474419 must be installed)
- Windows Server 2008 (KB4039648 or KB4474419 must be installed)
- Windows Server 2003
- Mac OS X 12 Monterey
- Mac OS X 11 Big Sur
- Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina
- Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave
- 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
- 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)
- Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit and 64-bit)

Note: VeraCrypt 1.24-Update8 is the last version that supports Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
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