1  # Dependencies
 2  
 3  These are the dependencies used by Bitcoin Core.
 4  You can find installation instructions in the `/doc/build-*.md` file for your platform, or self-compile
 5  them using [depends](/depends/README.md).
 6  
 7  ## Compiler
 8  
 9  Bitcoin Core requires one of the following compilers.
10  
11  | Dependency | Minimum required |
12  | --- | --- |
13  | [Clang](https://clang.llvm.org) | [17.0](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/33555) |
14  | [GCC](https://gcc.gnu.org) | [12.1](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/33842) |
15  
16  ## Required
17  
18  ### Build
19  
20  | Dependency | Releases | Minimum required |
21  | --- | --- | --- |
22  | [Boost](../depends/packages/boost.mk) | [link](https://www.boost.org/users/download/) | [1.74.0](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34107) |
23  | CMake | [link](https://cmake.org/) | [3.22](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/30454) |
24  | [libevent](../depends/packages/libevent.mk) | [link](https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases) | [2.1.8](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/24681) |
25  
26  ### Runtime
27  
28  | Dependency | Releases | Minimum required |
29  | --- | --- | --- |
30  | glibc | [link](https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/) | [2.31](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/29987)
31  
32  ## Optional
33  
34  ### Build
35  
36  | Dependency | Releases | Minimum required |
37  | --- | --- | --- |
38  | [Cap'n Proto](../depends/packages/native_capnp.mk) ([IPC](multiprocess.md)) | [link](https://capnproto.org/) | [0.7.1](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/33241) |
39  | [libmultiprocess](../depends/packages/native_libmultiprocess.mk) ([IPC](multiprocess.md)) | [link](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/libmultiprocess/tags) | [v7.0-pre1](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/33517) |
40  | Python (scripts, tests) | [link](https://www.python.org) | [3.10](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/30527) |
41  | [Qt](../depends/packages/qt.mk) (gui) | [link](https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/) | [6.2](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/30997) |
42  | [qrencode](../depends/packages/qrencode.mk) (gui) | [link](https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/) | N/A |
43  | [SQLite](../depends/packages/sqlite.mk) (wallet) | [link](https://sqlite.org) | [3.7.17](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/19077) |
44  | [systemtap](../depends/packages/systemtap.mk) ([tracing](tracing.md)) | [link](https://sourceware.org/systemtap/) | N/A |
45  | [ZeroMQ](../depends/packages/zeromq.mk) (notifications) | [link](https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases) | 4.0.0 |
46  
47  ### Runtime
48  
49  | Dependency | Releases | Minimum required |
50  | --- | --- | --- |
51  | [Fontconfig](../depends/packages/fontconfig.mk) (gui) | [link](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/) | 2.6 |
52  | [FreeType](../depends/packages/freetype.mk) (gui) | [link](https://freetype.org) | 2.3.0 |