I am finding users with very old unsupported Windows versions. What versions of Windows does Discourse support (I cant find this info anywhere…)

Anything that can run: [imagen] About support for legacy browsers Support They aren’t. Our official browser support policy is the latest version of Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Edge.

So there’s no real list. That means I have to search what browser versions all the versions of Windows back to 7 support. I see. It would be handy if there was such a list.

There are browsers that work on Windows 7 and are supported by Discourse. [imagen] Dropping iOS 15 & other old browsers in July 2025 For users of Windows 7 and XP who are unable to update Chrome/Firefox, you may want to consider a third-party chromium fork such as Supermium or Thorium .

Which are not listed in the supported browsers list given here on Meta Discourse.

i’m fairly certain I remember either Firefox or the ESR release still having Windows 7 support. You should have no problem running Discourse on a Firefox ESR release.

[imagen] Andro: What versions of Windows does Discourse support (I cant find this info anywhere…) [imagen] Andro: Which are not listed in the supported browsers list given here on Meta Discourse. What is important to highlight is that Discourse doesn’t support any Windows version that …

[imagen] Falco: Looks like Firefox 115 ESR is a good bet. Nope. We’re getting angry messages from people running Firefox 115 ESR on Windows 7 stating “I cannot access the site”. [imagen] Dropping iOS 15 & other old browsers in July 2025 The minimum Firefox version with support for these f…

According to Wikipedia, extended, extended support for Windows 7 ended on October 8, 2024 So that’s an insecure option to be running these days?

[imagen] RGJ: stating “I cannot access the site”. Did they say what the problem was? TLS negotiation failure?

Most people running Windows 7 in 2026 are not able to get any further than “doesn’t work”, unfortunately.

¿Qué versiones de Windows son compatibles?

Soporte

supermathie (Michael Brown) 10 Abril, 2026 17:15 10

¿Dijeron cuál era el problema? ¿Fallo en la negociación TLS?

Tema		Respuestas	Vistas
About support for legacy browsers Support	4	1340	27 Noviembre 2021
Browser version support Support	2	1569	25 Marzo 2022
Dropping iOS 15 & other old browsers in July 2025 Announcements	143	62334	21 Agosto 2025
Discourse is incompatible with Palemoon web browser (and older Firefox) Support	2	211	31 Agosto 2025
Compatibility with Firefox 45 Support	10	724	8 Noviembre 2020

¿Qué versiones de Windows son compatibles?

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