These are the dependencies currently used by Bitcoin Core. You can find instructions for installing them in the build-*.md
file for your platform.
Dependency | Version used | Minimum required | CVEs | Shared | Bundled Qt library |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Berkeley DB | 4.8.30 | 4.8.x | No | ||
Boost | 1.64.0 | 1.47.0 | No | ||
Clang | 3.3+ (C++11 support) | ||||
D-Bus | 1.10.18 | No | Yes | ||
Expat | 2.2.6 | No | Yes | ||
fontconfig | 2.12.1 | No | Yes | ||
FreeType | 2.7.1 | No | |||
GCC | 4.8+ (C++11 support) | ||||
HarfBuzz-NG | |||||
libevent | 2.1.8-stable | 2.0.22 | No | ||
libjpeg | Yes | ||||
libpng | Yes | ||||
MiniUPnPc | 2.0.20180203 | No | |||
OpenSSL | 1.0.1k | Yes | |||
PCRE | Yes | ||||
protobuf | 2.6.1 | No | |||
Python (tests) | 3.4 | ||||
qrencode | 3.4.4 | No | |||
Qt | 5.9.7 | 5.2 | No | ||
XCB | Yes (Linux only) | ||||
xkbcommon | Yes (Linux only) | ||||
ZeroMQ | 4.2.5 | 4.0.0 | No | ||
zlib | 1.2.11 | No |