Development system requirements

You can use a Mac or a Windows computer for Unity development. The Mac must have macOS X 10.9 or later. For Windows computers, you must have Windows 7 SP1+, Windows 8, or Windows 10. 

Windows XP and Windows Vista are not officially supported. 

The Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) on your development computer must have DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities. 

There are additional requirements that are specific to what distribution platforms you are targeting. Please refer to the following table for further information.

If you are developing for... You must have...
Android
  • Android SDK
  • Java Development Kit
iOS
  • macOS X 10.9.4 or higher
  • Xcode 7.0 or higher
WebGL

One of ...

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