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System requirements are organized by operating system:

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Hardware

  • PC with x86-compatible processor (1 GHz or higher)
  • Memory:
    • for processing one-page documents — minimum 1.5 GB RAM, recommended 3.5 GB RAM
    • for processing multi-page documents — minimum 2 GB RAM, recommended 4 GB RAM
    • for parallel processing — 1.5 GB + (number of cores) × 2.5 GB RAM
  • Hard disk space:
    • for library installation:
      • 2.5 GB for core functionality
      • additional 400 MB for the OfficeConverters module
    • for program operation:
      • 150 MB for running the program
      • additional 15Mb for every page when processing a multi-page document
  • 100% TWAIN-compatible scanner, digital camera, or fax modem — for scanning or image import only
  • Video card and monitor (minimum resolution 1024×768 — for pattern training, dictionary editing, scanning with a GUI displayed, Visual Components)
  • Keyboard, mouse or other input device

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Operating system

  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows 11
  • Windows 10
ABBYY FineReader Engine has been tested on the following cloud computing platforms:
  • Microsoft Azure:
    • Azure App Services
    • Azure Service Fabric
    • Azure Virtual Machines
  • Amazon EC2
ABBYY FineReader Engine has been tested in the following virtual environments:
  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016
  • Oracle VM VirtualBox 7
  • Parallels Desktop for macOS 16.1.3
  • VMware ESXi 6.7
  • VMware Workstation Player/Pro 17
ABBYY FineReader Engine can also be run in a Docker container on supported platforms.

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Other software components

ABBYY FineReader Engine installer uses Windows Installer XML Toolset (WiX), that requires .NET Framework for its operation:
  • For Developer installation:
    • .NET Framework 4.6.1 and above is required
  • For Runtime installation:
    • automatic installation - .NET Framework 4.6.1 and above is required
    • manual installation with the OfficeConverters module - .NET Framework 4.6.2 and above is required
    • manual installation without the OfficeConverters module - .NET Framework is not required
The following versions of .NET Framework are supported:
  • 4.8, 4.7, 4.6, 3.5 SP1
For opening digital documents, the following components should be installed:
  • .NET Framework 4.6.2
  • Microsoft Excel — for opening XLS, XLSX, ODS formats with the OCT_MsOffice setting
For correct operation of the font detection mechanism the fonts needed for the languages you use should be installed; for the list of recommended font families see FontNamesFiltersEnum.For ABBYY FineReader Engine Visual Components only:
  • Microsoft Windows Common Controls must have version 6.0 or later

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Working with the .NET Core wrapper

ABBYY FineReader Engine .NET Core wrapper supports .NET Core version 8 and .NET Core version 6.

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Working with the Java wrapper

ABBYY FineReader Engine Java wrapper has been tested on the following Java Development Kits:
  • for 32-bit operating systems:
    • Oracle Java SE Development Kit 8u411 x86
  • for 64-bit operating systems:
    • Open JDK 21.0.2 x64
    • Open JDK 22.0.2 x64
    • Oracle Java SE Development Kit 8u411 x64
    • Oracle Java SE Development Kit 11.0.23 x64
    • Oracle Java SE Development Kit 17.0.11 x64
    • Oracle Java SE Development Kit 21.0.3 x64
    • Oracle Java SE Development Kit 22.0.1 x64

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Permissions

Full control permissions for the following folders are required:
  • %TEMP% folder
  • folder %ProgramData%\ABBYY\SDK\12\FineReader Engine
  • folder %ProgramData%\ABBYY\SDK\12\Licenses (required for license server, optional for workstations)
All users running your application should have read&execute and write permissions to:
  • %ProgramData%\ABBYY folder.
The following registry branches should be accessible from the workstation:
  • “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ABBYY\SDK\12\FineReader Engine” — full control
  • “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ABBYY\SDK\12” — full control for installation only
  • “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ABBYY\SDK\12” — full control for installation only

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Hardware

  • PC with x86-compatible processor (1 GHz or higher) which supports SSE and SSE2 instruction sets
  • Memory:
    • for processing one-page documents — minimum 1.5 GB RAM, recommended 3.5 GB RAM
    • for processing multi-page documents — minimum 2 GB RAM, recommended 4 GB RAM
    • for parallel processing — 1.5 GB + (number of cores) × 2.5 GB RAM
    • for parallel processing of documents in Arabic or CJK languages — 750 + (number of cores) × 850 MB RAM
  • Hard disk space:
    • for library installation:
      • 2.5 GB of free space
    • for program operation:
      • 150 MB for running the program
      • additional 15Mb for every page when processing a multi-page document
  • Tmpfs size — 4GB + 1GB*(cores number)
  • Swap size — 4GB + 1GB*(cores number)

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Operating system

ABBYY FineReader Engine 12 for Linux has been tested on the following operating systems:
  • Fedora 39, 38
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, 8.5, 7.9
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5, 12 SP5
  • Debian GNU/Linux 12, 11, 10.12
  • Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04, 18.04
  • CentOS 9, 8.5, 7.9
  • ALT Linux 10.0, 9.2 (software and online protection only)
  • Amazon Linux 2, 2023
In addition, ABBYY offers professional services to adapt the software to other platforms.ABBYY FineReader Engine has been tested on the following cloud computing platforms:
  • Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines
  • Amazon EC2
ABBYY FineReader Engine has been tested in the following virtual environments:
  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016
  • Oracle VM VirtualBox 7
  • VMware ESXi 6.7
  • VMware Workstation Player/Pro 17
  • Linux KVM
ABBYY FineReader Engine can also be run in a Docker container on supported platforms.

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Other software components

ABBYY FineReader Engine 12 for Linux requires usage of the following software components (the listed packages are presented for the Debian-like systems):
  • ABBYY FineReader Engine components installation:
    • glibc version 2.17 and above (If you need ABBYY FineReader Engine for older glibc versions, please contact the ABBYY office serving your region by e-mail. For the list of ABBYY offices see the How to Buy section in the Developer’s Help.)
    • Bash
    • gzip, tar
    • coreutils package (readlink utility)
    • gettext package (envsubst utility). Install this package, if you intend to work with the samples using the RMI-capable Java wrapper
  • ABBYY FineReader Engine launch:
    • for performing analysis and recognition (required):
      • libc6 package (librt.so.1, libc.so.6, libdl.so.2, libm.so.6, libpthread.so.0)
      • libgcc-4.9-dev package and above (libgomp.so.1, libgcc_s.so.1)
      • libglib2.0-dev package (libglib-2.0.so, libgthread-2.0.so.0)
      • libpcre3 package (libpcre.so.3)
      • libstdc++-4.9-dev package and above (libstdc++.so.6)
      • zlib1g package (libz.so.1)
    • for using ABBYY office converters (optional):
      • libx11-6 package (libX11.so.6)
      • libfreetype6 package (libfreetype.so.6)
      • libxext-dev package (libXext.so.6)
      • libice-dev package (libICE.so.6)
      • libsm-dev package (libSM.so.6)
      • openjdk-11-jre
  • ABBYY FineReader Engine licensing:
    • for registering and managing the Licensing Service:
      • through the systemctl command: systemd init system
      • through the service command: Upstart or SysVinit init system
    • for using an Online License: ca-certificates package with latest updates
  • Working with the code samples:
    • for RMI-capable Java wrapper:
      • Ant version 1.8 and above
    • for code samples based on C++:
      • GCC
      • G++
      • Make
      • linux-libc-dev package (Linux kernel API development headers)
      • libc6-dev package (glibc development headers)
    • for CommandLineInterface code sample:
      • locales package and generated en_US.UTF-8 locale (use the locale-gen en_US.UTF-8 command to generate it)
    • for code samples based on Java: see the list of supported Java Development Kits below
For multi-page documents synthesis and export, please set the open files limit to be no less than 2000. Run ulimit -n [limit_size] to change it.For correct operation of the font detection mechanism the fonts needed for the languages you use should be installed; for the list of recommended font families see the description of the FontNamesFiltersEnum enumeration in the Developer’s Help FontNamesFiltersEnum.

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Working with the Java wrapper

ABBYY FineReader Engine Java wrapper has been tested on the following Java Development Kits:
  • OpenJDK 21.0.2 x64
  • OpenJDK 22.0.2 x64
  • Oracle Java SE Development Kit 8u411 x64
  • Oracle Java SE Development Kit 11.0.23 x64
  • Oracle Java SE Development Kit 17.0.11 x64
  • Oracle Java SE Development Kit 21.0.3 x64
  • Oracle Java SE Development Kit 22.0.1 x64

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Permissions

Full access permissions for the following folders are required:
  • /tmp folder
  • %ProgramData%\ABBYY\SDK\12\FineReader Engine folder
  • %ProgramData%\ABBYY\SDK\12\Licenses folder

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Hardware

  • PC with x86-compatible or arm64-compatible processor (1 GHz or higher)
  • Memory:
    • for processing one-page documents — minimum 1.5 GB RAM, recommended 3.5 GB RAM
    • for processing multi-page documents — minimum 2 GB RAM, recommended 4 GB RAM
  • Hard disk space:
    • for library installation:
      • 2.5 GB of free space
    • for program operation:
      • 150 MB for running the program
      • additional 15Mb for every page when processing a multi-page document

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Operating system

  • macOS Sonoma 14.x
  • macOS Ventura 13.x
  • macOS Monterey 12.x

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Other software components

For correct operation of the font detection mechanism the fonts needed for the languages you use should be installed; for the list of recommended font families see FontNamesFiltersEnum.