The tables within this section list all operating systems that are/were supported by Impact Acquire

Windows®

Windows® Version	Release Date		First compatible Impact Acquire release	Last compatible Impact Acquire release
Windows® 11	Oct 05 2021		2.18.0 (Dec 13 2016)
Windows® 10	Aug 02 2016 (>= 1607)	64-bit	2.18.0 (Dec 13 2016)
	Aug 02 2016 (>= 1607)	32-bit	2.18.0 (Dec 13 2016)	3.5.1 (May 23 2025)
	Jul 29 2015 (< 1607)	64-bit	2.17.0 (Aug 4 2016)
	Jul 29 2015 (< 1607)	32-bit	2.17.0 (Aug 4 2016)	3.5.1 (May 23 2025)
Windows® 8.1	Oct 17 2013		1.10.64^{*, a} (Mar 2 2009)	3.4.0^b (Nov 14 2024)
Windows® 8	Oct 26 2012		1.10.64^{*, a} (Mar 2 2009)	3.4.0^b (Nov 14 2024)
Windows® 7	Oct 22 2009		1.10.64^{*, a} (Mar 2 2009	3.4.0^b (Nov 14 2024)
Windows® Vista	Jan 30 2007	64-bit	1.9.3^* (May 23 2007)	3.4.0^b (Nov 14 2024)
Windows® Vista	Jan 30 2007	32-bit	1.8.6^* (Mar 14 2007)	3.4.0^b (Nov 14 2024)
Windows® XP	Oct 25 2001	64-bit	1.9.3 (May 23 2007)	2.26.0 (Apr 12 2018)
Windows® XP	Oct 25 2001	32-bit	1.0.0 (Somewhere in 2005)	2.26.0 (Apr 12 2018)

When no explicit bitness is stated, all releases of that operating system are supported
^*: Beginning with Impact Acquire 2.48.0 NO device driver updates will be shipped for this platform anymore until further notice. This is due to Microsoft's changed device driver signing policy for these platforms. Additional information can be found here:
- https://knowledge.digicert.com/alerts/Kernel-Mode.html
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/deprecation-of-software-publisher-certificates-and-commercial-release-certificates
^a: Beginning with Impact Acquire 2.48.0 there will be NO support at all for Windows® versions older than Windows® 10 for the BVS CA-BN. In previous versions the minimum Windows® version was Windows® 7.
^b: Beginning with Impact Acquire 3.5.0 this platform is no longer supported. Versions >= 3.5.0 of this SDK might still work well with this version of Windows® but are no longer tested on a regular basis.
Which version of Impact Acquire was compiled using which version of Visual Studio is stated here: Visual Studio.

Linux

In contrast to Windows® on Linux the compiler while building the SDK is more important than the actual operating system the code is supposed to run on later. In addition to that the device driver code usually shipped as part of the installation needs to be compatible with the kernel running on the target system. Therefore the Building, Linking And Running Applications Using Impact Acquire (especially for the C/C++ API) as well as the table from the previous chapter are more relevant here.

The following table lists which version of Impact Acquire was built with which version of gcc.

Impact Acquire version	gcc version[glibc version] (Linux x86_64)	gcc version[glibc version] (Linux ARMhf)	gcc version[glibc version] (Linux ARM64)
< 2.33.0	4.2.4[2.8]	4.6.3[2.14]	4.8.3[2.14]
since 2.33.0	4.8.5[2.14]	4.9.4[2.14]
since 2.50.0	5.5.0[2.21]

Note: x86 and ARMsf were only supported up to and including Impact Acquire 2.37.0 and so used gcc 4.8.5 for x86 and gcc 4.9.4 for ARMsf.

Using compilers older than that or Linux systems with a glibc smaller than that mentioned in the table above or a libstdc++/libgcc older than bundled with the gcc versions mentioned above will most certainly not work and these systems will not be supported anymore. So in case you are bound to an older Linux system you might want to stick with an appropriate Impact Acquire version as indicated in the table above.

Apart from that the amount of Linux Distributions out there make it literally impossible to test all these systems and assemble a complete list out of these results. Therefore this section will only present a condensed version of the supported target platforms.

Target Platform	First compatible Impact Acquire release	Last compatible Impact Acquire release
ARM64	2.17.2 (Sep 21 2016)
ARMhf	2.11.5 (Nov 24 2014)
ARMsf	2.11.5 (Nov 24 2014)	2.37.0 (Mar 03 2020)
x86_64	1.9.9 (Sep 04 2007)
x86	1.0.0 (Somewhere in 2005)	2.37.0 (Mar 03 2020)

macOS

Although macOS like Linux is also based on Unix, macOS is more customer-centric than the majority of Linux-based distributions. Hence we cannot assume developer tools to be available on installations. Therefore building a native version of wxWidgets on the target system is not an option so apps are built and linked with a certain version of wxWidgets during development. This version has to be installed on systems that want to work with the GUI tools coming with the Impact Acquire package. The expected availability of the linked wxWidgets library version via the Homebrew package manager thus also limits the usability of the apps on different macOS versions.

macOS Version	Release Date	First compatible Impact Acquire release	Availability of the used wxWidgets version
macOS 12 Monterey	Oct 25 2021	2.50.0 (Dec 13 2016)	3.2:no
macOS 13 Ventura	Oct 24 2022	(2.50.0)^*	3.2:yes
macOS 14 Sonoma	Sep 26 2023	(2.50.0)^**	3.2:yes
macOS 15 Sequoia	Sep 22 2024	(2.50.0)^***	3.2:yes
macOS 26 Tahoe	Sep 22 2025	(2.50.0)^***	3.2:yes

^*: Support for this macOS version has not been proved but should work as well. ^**: Support for this macOS version has been tested and should work as well. ^***: Support for this macOS version has not been tested, but should work as well.

Since version 2.50.0, the native libraries and binaries of Impact Acquire have been compiled using the following compiler:

Apple Clang 15.0.6 for ARM64

Target Platform	First compatible Impact Acquire release	Last compatible Impact Acquire release
ARM64	2.50.0 (Jul 28 2023)