> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://crypto.phbot.org/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://crypto.phbot.org/supported-operating-systems.md).

# Supported Operating Systems

## Windows

Windows 7 and onward is supported with Windows 10 and up being recommended.

## Linux

Any distro that is based on Ubuntu 20.04 x86-64 or later. It has been tested on:

* Debian 12
* Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, 24.04
* RHEL 9, RockyLinux 9, RHEL 10 Beta

#### AppImage (recommended)

1. Install fuse for AppImage and CA certificates.
   1. `sudo apt install fuse ca-certificates -y`
   2. `sudo dnf install fuse ca-certificates -y`
2. Download the AppImage from <https://phbot.org/crypto/download/>
3. `chmod +x phBot_Crypto-*.AppImage`
4. Run `./phBot_Crypto-*.AppImage`
5. To update the bot, follow the steps outlined here.

All configuration files for Linux are located at `~/.phBot-crypto`.

#### Wine

Ubuntu 22.04 x86-64 is recommended. If you want to run it completely headless you should learn about [screen](https://www.howtogeek.com/662422/how-to-use-linuxs-screen-command/).

```
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo mkdir -pm755 /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
sudo wget -NP /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/dists/jammy/winehq-jammy.sources
sudo apt update && sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable
```

**Running**

```
wine cmd
phBot-crypto.exe
```

## VPS

If you would like to run phBot Crypto on a VPS there are several options to choose from.

**Paid**

* [DigitalOcean](https://m.do.co/c/7116139f5003)
* [Linode](https://www.linode.com/?r=18f42bca02213da70dd79826fd2ff1af171e152a)
* [Vultr](https://www.vultr.com/?ref=6804024)

**Free**

* [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/free/)
* [Oracle (recommended)](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/free/)
* [IBM](https://www.ibm.com/cloud/free)

The bot does need to write some data to disk so AWS free tier is not recommended as it is too slow.