This page includes useful information on the supported Operating Systems as well as the hardware requirements that are needed to install and use Grafana.
Installation of Grafana on other operating systems is possible, but not supported. Please see the [building from source](/project/building_from_source/#building-grafana-from-source) guide for more information.
## Hardware requirements
Grafana does not use a lot of resources and is very lightweight in use of memory and CPU. Minimum recommendation is 255mb of memory and 1 CPU.
Depending on what features are being used and to what extent the requirements varies. Features that consume and requires more resources:
- Server side rendering of images
- [Alerting](/alerting/rules/)
- Data source proxy
## Database
Grafana requires a database to store its configuration data, e.g. users, data sources and dashboards. The exact requirements depend on the size of the Grafana installation (e.g. the number of users, data sources, dashboards, features in use etc).
Grafana is supported in the current version of the following browsers. Older versions of these browsers might not be supported, so you should always upgrade to the latest version when using Grafana.
