Technical information about browser support

Visiting https://makecode.adafruit.com/ requires that you use a recent version of a modern browser, such as Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera. This is because the editor uses modern web technologies such as web workers to enable compiling TypeScript in the browser, and includes the same Monaco editor that powers Visual Studio Code.

Most modern browsers automatically update themselves. In some environments, such as schools, these automatic updates are disabled for security. We strongly recommend that you use the most recent version of any of these browsers, but if you can’t then you must use at least:

Browser Minimum version Release date Windows Mac Mobile OS
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Microsoft Edge 12 March 2015 Windows 10+ N/A N/A
Mozilla Firefox 60 May 2018 Windows 7+ OS X 10.6+ N/A
Google Chrome 60 October 2018 Windows 7+ OS X 10.6+ Android 5+
Safari 9 September 2015 N/A OS X 10.9+ N/A
Opera 21 May 2014 Windows 7+ OS X 10.9+ N/A
Mobile Safari 9 September 2015 N/A N/A iOS 9+
Chrome for Android 59 March 2017 N/A N/A Android 5+
Firefox for Android 55 August 2017 N/A N/A Android 5+


Please see which browsers we recommended for use on Windows, Mac, Linux, or Raspberry Pi.