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# Installation | ||
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Friction can be installed on Windows 10/11 and most Linux distributions available. | ||
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Latest stable release can be downloaded from https://friction.graphics/#download | ||
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## Requirements | ||
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### Minimum hardware | ||
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* 4GB RAM | ||
* AVX x86_64 compatible dual core CPU | ||
* Intel Sandy Bridge Core i3/i5/i7 | ||
* AMD Bulldozer | ||
* OpenGL 3.3 compatible GPU and driver | ||
* NVIDIA GeForce 8 series (G8x/Tesla) | ||
* AMD Radeon HD 2000 series (R600/TeraScale 1) | ||
* Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge) | ||
* Audio device supporting WASAPI on Windows and PulseAudio on Linux | ||
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### Recommended hardware | ||
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* 32GB RAM | ||
* CPU | ||
* Intel Kaby Lake Core i5/i7 or newer | ||
* AMD Ryzen/Threadripper 1000 series or newer | ||
* GPU | ||
* NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 or newer | ||
* AMD Radeon RX 560 or newer | ||
* Intel UHD Graphics 620 or newer | ||
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### Supported systems | ||
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* Microsoft Windows (N) 10/11 x64 | ||
* Visual C++ [Redistributable](https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe) 2017 or higher is needed on Windows 10 | ||
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9/8.x/9.x x86_64 and compatible | ||
* Generic Linux with X11/XWayland, pulseaudio and glibc 2.17+ should work | ||
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## Windows | ||
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Friction is available as an installer *(.exe)* or portable archive *(.7z)*. | ||
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### Installer | ||
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Double-click and follow the instructions. On Windows 11 you might need to right-click and launch as administrator. | ||
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A start menu entry will be added and project files *(.friction)* will be linked to Friction. | ||
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Launch Friction from the start menu or the optional desktop shortcut. | ||
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*Note: The installer and application is not signed and may trigger warnings when launched, this is normal.* | ||
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### Portable | ||
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This is a plain 7-Zip archive, extract and launch `friction.exe`. | ||
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* *Note: on Windows 10 you need 7-Zip installed.* | ||
* *Note: The application is not signed and may trigger warnings when launched, this is normal.* | ||
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## Linux | ||
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Friction is available as an AppImage, RPM and portable archive *(tar.bz2)*. Only the package format differ, the binaries are identical. | ||
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### AppImage | ||
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Make executable and run the file. | ||
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### RPM | ||
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Can be installed on any distribution that uses RPM. | ||
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### Portable | ||
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This is a plain tarball compressed with bzip2. Extract and run `friction`. | ||
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*Note: The `desktop_integration.sh` script will integrate Friction with your desktop (launcher and mimetypes).* |