Are there plans for native ARM support

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Was very surprised when I saw ARM isnt supported.

Is there a technical reason for this beyond the effort to add this?

Edit: The reason why I am asking is that Surface laptops now only come in ARM architecture so this is an increasingly important question as ARM sees an increase in adoption

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UiPath currently does not provide native support for ARM architecture on Windows. The official documentation and user forums confirm that UiPath Studio, Robot, and Orchestrator are designed for x86/x64 (Intel/AMD) platforms, and there is no native version available for ARM-based Windows devices. Users who attempt to run UiPath on ARM-based systems—such as Windows 11 on ARM, Snapdragon-powered devices, or via emulation on Apple Silicon Macs—often encounter compatibility issues or degraded performance.

Workarounds and Community Experiences

  • Emulation and Virtualization: Some users have managed to run UiPath on ARM-based Windows systems using emulation layers or by running Windows 11 ARM in a virtual machine (VM) on Apple Silicon Macs via Parallels. However, this approach can be slow, unstable, or limited in functionality, and is not officially supported.
  • Performance Issues: Community reports indicate that while basic automation tasks may work, the user interface and certain automation features can be sluggish or unreliable on ARM systems, even when using emulation.
  • Cloud and VM Workarounds: Organizations sometimes use cloud-based virtual machines (e.g., AWS) as a workaround to host UiPath on x86 architecture, but this introduces additional costs and complexity.
Platform/Architecture UiPath Native Support Notes/Workarounds
Windows x86/x64 Yes Fully supported
Windows ARM (Snapdragon, etc.) No Emulation/VMs possible, not stable
macOS (Apple Silicon) No Requires Windows ARM VM via Parallels
Linux (ARM, e.g., Raspberry Pi) No (for Robot) Experimental, not officially supported
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Hi @matt.theisen

As of now, UiPath does not officially support native ARM architecture for its Studio or Robot components. Their software primarily targets x86/x64 architectures on Windows and Linux.

This image outlines the hardware and software requirements for Studio and StudioX, specifying CPU cores, RAM, disk space, and noting that UIPath doesn't support ARM architecture on Windows, with a warning about display resolutions below 1024x768. (Captioned by AI)
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