Dependencies

These are the dependencies currently used by Bitcoin Core. You can find instructions for installing them in the build-*.html file for your platform.

Dependency Version used Minimum required CVEs Shared Bundled Qt library
Berkeley DB 4.8.30 4.8.x No
Boost 1.71.0 1.58.0 No
Clang 5.0+ (C++17 support)
Expat 2.2.7 No Yes
fontconfig 2.12.1 No Yes
FreeType 2.7.1 No Yes (Android only)
GCC 7+ (C++17 support)
HarfBuzz-NG Yes
libevent 2.1.11-stable 2.0.21 No
libpng Yes
librsvg
MiniUPnPc 2.0.20180203 No
PCRE Yes
Python (tests) 3.6
qrencode 3.4.4 No
Qt 5.9.8 5.5.1 No
SQLite 3.32.1 3.7.17
XCB Yes (Linux only)
xkbcommon Yes (Linux only)
ZeroMQ 4.3.1 4.0.0 No
zlib 1.2.11 No

Controlling dependencies

Some dependencies are not needed in all configurations. The following are some factors that affect the dependency list.

Options passed to ./configure

Other