Dependencies
April 3, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
These are the dependencies currently used by Bitcoin ABC. You can find instructions for installing them in the build-*.md file for your platform.
| Dependency | Version used | Minimum required | CVEs | Shared | Bundled Qt library |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley DB | 5.3.28 | 5.3 | No | ||
| Boost | 1.81.0 | 1.64.0 | No | ||
| Clang | 10 (C++20 support) | ||||
| CMake | 3.16 | ||||
| fontconfig | 2.12.6 | No | Yes | ||
| FreeType | 2.11.0 | No | |||
| GCC | 12 | ||||
| glibc | 2.31 | ||||
| HarfBuzz-NG | |||||
| jemalloc | 5.2.1 | 3.6.0 | |||
| libevent | 2.1.12-stable | 2.1.8 | No | ||
| libpng | Yes | ||||
| librsvg | |||||
| Ninja | 1.5.1 | ||||
| OpenSSL | 1.0.1k | Yes | |||
| PCRE | Yes | ||||
| protobuf | 21.12 | No | |||
| Python (tests) | 3.9 | ||||
| qrencode | 3.4.4 | No | |||
| Qt | 5.15.16 | 5.9.5 | No | ||
| SQLite | 3.32.1 | 3.7.17 | |||
| systemtap (tracing) | |||||
| XCB | Yes (Linux only) | ||||
| xkbcommon | Yes (Linux only) | ||||
| ZeroMQ | 4.3.1 | 4.1.5 | 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 cmake
- Berkeley DB and SQLite are not needed with
-DBUILD_WALLET=OFF. - OpenSSL is not needed with
-DENABLE_BIP70=OFF. - protobuf is not needed with
-DENABLE_BIP70=OFF. - Qt is not needed with
-DBUILD_QT=OFF. - qrencode is not needed with
-DENABLE_QRCODE=OFF. - systemtap is not needed with
-DENABLE_TRACING=OFF. - ZeroMQ is not needed with the
-DBUILD_ZMQ=OFF.