Tails is a registered trademark of The Tor Project, Inc. See our [Trademark and Brand policy](https://www.torproject.org/about/trademark/).

Tails does not work on:

<p>See our [[list of known hardware compatibility
issues|support/known_issues]].</p>

A 64-bit [[!wikipedia x86-64]] [[!wikipedia IBM PC compatible]] processor.

Tails does not works on [[!wikipedia ARM_architecture desc="ARM"]] or [[!wikipedia PowerPC]] processors.

Tails does not work on 32-bit computers since [[Tails 3.0|news/Tails_3.0_will_require_a_64-bit_processor]] (June 2017).

Laptop models evolve too rapidly for us to be able to provide an up-to-date list of recommended hardware. Below are some guidelines if you, or your organization, are considering acquiring a laptop dedicated to running Tails.

For PC

Avoid "gaming" models with Nvidia or AMD Radeon graphics cards.

Consider buying a refurbished laptop from a high-end (professional) series. These are cheaper and will last longer than new but lower-quality laptops.

For example, the Lenovo ThinkPad series work well with Tails, including the X250, X1 Carbon, T440, T480, and T490 models.

If you live in a part of the world where buying refurbished laptops is uncommon, look on eBay and Amazon. Amazon offers a 90-day [Amazon Renewed Guarantee](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=G4ZAA22U35N373NX).

Consider buying a new laptop from vendors who guarantee the compatibility with Linux and Tails like [ThinkPenguin](https://www.thinkpenguin.com/).

For Mac

Unfortunately, we don't know of any Mac model that works well in Tails and can run the latest macOS version.

We think that Tails is a trustworthy project because:

Tails is [[Free Software|about/license]] and security researchers can examine our [[!tails_gitlab tails/tails desc="source code"]].

Known issues in Tails are described publicly in our [[!tails_gitlab tails/tails/-/issues desc="GitLab issue tracker"]]. We might hide embargoed security vulnerabilities in Tails while we work on a solution, but only as a way of protecting our users.

The most sensitive parts of Tails are explained in our [[design documents|contribute/design]].

[Debian](https://debian.org/) is the Linux distribution with the most derivatives, including Ubuntu.