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: [Bild] 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. [Bild] 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.

[Bild] Andro: What versions of Windows does Discourse support (I cant find this info anywhere…) [Bild] 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 Micr…

[Bild] 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”. [Bild] Dropping iOS 15 & other old browsers in July 2025 The minimum Firefox version with support for these featu…

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?

[Bild] 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.

Welche Windows-Versionen werden unterstützt?

Unterstützung

supermathie (Michael Brown) 10. April 2026 um 17:15 10

Haben sie gesagt, was das Problem war? TLS-Aushandlungsfehler?

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About support for legacy browsers Support	5	1300	27. November 2021
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Compatibility with Firefox 45 Support	10	705	8. November 2020
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Dropping iOS 15 & other old browsers in July 2025 Announcements	144	61850	21. August 2025

Welche Windows-Versionen werden unterstützt?

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