Vimivo System Requirements Specification

1. Overview#

Vimivo is engineered to be lightweight, fast, and resource-efficient across mobile and desktop environments.

This document outlines the minimum and recommended hardware, operating system, and graphics specifications for all five target platforms.

2. Platform Requirements Matrix#

2.1 Android (Phone & Tablet)#

• Minimum OS: Android 9.0 Pie (API level 28)
• Target OS: Android 16 (API level 36)
• Supported Architectures: arm64-v8a (64-bit ARM), armeabi-v7a (32-bit ARM), x86_64 (Emulators/Chromebooks)
• RAM: Minimum 2 GB; Recommended 4 GB+
• Storage: Minimum 200 MB free device storage for application and thumbnail caching
• Permissions:
• Android 13+: READ_MEDIA_AUDIO, READ_MEDIA_VIDEO, POST_NOTIFICATIONS
• Android 9–12: READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
• Optional: FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK for uninterrupted background listening

2.2 iOS & iPadOS#

• Minimum OS: iOS 16.0 / iPadOS 16.0
• Target OS: iOS 18 / iPadOS 18
• Supported Hardware: iPhone 11 and newer, iPad (8th generation) and newer, iPad Air (4th gen+), iPad Pro (all Apple Silicon models)
• RAM: Minimum 3 GB
• Storage: Minimum 150 MB free storage

2.3 macOS Desktop#

• Minimum OS: macOS 12.0 Monterey
• Recommended OS: macOS 14 Sonoma or macOS 15 Sequoia
• Supported Architectures: Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4) native; Intel (x86_64) supported via Rosetta 2 or dedicated build
• RAM: Minimum 4 GB; Recommended 8 GB+
• Storage: Minimum 350 MB free storage (application bundle size ~143 MB + local library index)
• Graphics / Display: OpenGL 3.3+ or Metal-compatible GPU; Retina / ProMotion displays fully supported

2.4 Windows Desktop#

• Minimum OS: Windows 10 64-bit (Version 2004, Build 19041 or higher) or Windows 11 (all versions)
• Supported Architecture: 64-bit Intel/AMD (x64)
• RAM: Minimum 4 GB; Recommended 8 GB+
• Storage: Minimum 350 MB free disk space on system drive
• Graphics / Display: DirectX 11 / Direct3D 11 / OpenGL 3.3 compatible GPU; High-DPI scaling fully supported

2.5 Linux Desktop#

• Minimum OS / Toolchain: Any modern 64-bit Linux distribution with GNU C Library (GLIBC) 2.35 or newer:
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, 24.04 LTS
• Debian 12 (Bookworm) or newer
• Fedora 38, 39, 40 or newer
• Arch Linux (current)
• Display Server: X11 native; Wayland compositors (GNOME Wayland, KDE Plasma Wayland, Sway) supported via XWayland
• Core Native Libraries: libmpv.so.2 (libmpv2), libsecret-1.so.0 (Secret Service), libdbus-1.so.3 (D-Bus for MPRIS)
• RAM: Minimum 4 GB
• Storage: Minimum 350 MB free space