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	- Raspberry Pi 400		- Raspberry Pi 400
	- Pinephone		- Pinephone

	== Apple Silicon ==		== Apple Silicon ==

	'''Current Status''' - 2021-01-27		'''Current Status''' - 2021-01-28

	Initial support ~~is expected to land in the~~ Thunderbird ~~87 dev cycle. Patches are currently being tested~~ on ~~try-~~comm-central ~~and are expected to hit the review cycle soon.~~		Initial support for running Thunderbird on Apple Silicon hardware landed in comm-central!
	This ~~will be~~ a ~~tier 1 platform~~.		This includes a new Universal "shippable" build for macOS as well.

			More info to come in this spot!

	== Windows 10 ARM ==		== Windows 10 ARM ==

	Will be completed after Apple Silicon support lands and will be a tier one platform. Currently, it's unknown if OTR chat encryption will be possible due to lack of a supported compiler. (libotr and its dependencies do not build with MSVC-style compilers that are used for building Thunderbird itself. MinGW does not support Windows on ARM.)		Will be completed after Apple Silicon support lands and will be a tier one platform. Currently, it's unknown if OTR chat encryption will be possible due to lack of a supported compiler. (libotr and its dependencies do not build with MSVC-style compilers that are used for building Thunderbird itself. MinGW does not support Windows on ARM.)

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== Thunderbird on ARM64/AArch64 ==

Arm platforms are the hot thing in 2021 with Microsoft's Windows 10 ARM, Apple Silicon, and Raspberry Pi, Pinephone/Pinebook, and ''who knows what's next!''

This page is to track progress for running Thunderbird natively on ARM64/Aarch64 based platforms. Eventually Thunderbird will support Windows 10 ARM, Apple Silicon, and Linux on ARM64.

== Linux Aarch64 ==

'''Current Status''' - 2021-01-27

Linux-aarch64 is a Tier 2 platform. Builds are available on Treeherder for comm-central. There is no automatic update support. This will remain a tier 2 platform until either Firefox upgrades it to tier 1 or we have sufficient community interest.

While this build will run on small screens such as a Pinephone, the UI is definitely not optimized for such use. You can still plug most of these devices into a larger screen and use Thunderbird just fine. Firefox has a similar situation. The PostmarketOS team has developed a [https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/mobile-config-firefox mobile-config-firefox] package to make Firefox easier to use on small screens. It has limitations, but it may be a good starting point for making Thunderbird small screen friendlier.

Known to run on:

- Raspberry Pi 400
- Pinephone

== Apple Silicon ==

'''Current Status''' - 2021-01-27

Initial support is expected to land in the Thunderbird 87 dev cycle. Patches are currently being tested on try-comm-central and are expected to hit the review cycle soon.
This will be a tier 1 platform.

== Windows 10 ARM ==

Will be completed after Apple Silicon support lands and will be a tier one platform. Currently, it's unknown if OTR chat encryption will be possible due to lack of a supported compiler. (libotr and its dependencies do not build with MSVC-style compilers that are used for building Thunderbird itself. MinGW does not support Windows on ARM.)

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