# Status of Julia on Windows

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/status-of-julia-on-windows/113050>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [April 17, 2024, 7:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/status-of-julia-on-windows/113050 "2024-04-17T07:02:48Z")\
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It’s very possible to use Julia on Windows, at least with 1.9 (or 1.6 LTS…), but this seems to be a l problem, the majors (regression) issue (and only one?):

> [@jsjie](#):
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> Because of [this issue](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/52272), which is still open now and not fixed on 1.10.2 according to [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-practice-julia-development-under-windows/112711/6), any package relying on artifacts may be broken on Windows since 1.10 pre-release.

> [@jsjie](#):
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> `ThreadPinning` cannot be used on Windows

It can, only on Linux does it do something, it’s a no-op on Windows and other platforms, but doesn’t matter much, since only made for HPC/NUMA and all supercomputers use Linux.

> [@jsjie](#):
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> you need to have Administrator privileges to use `PackageCompiler` on Windows, because you cannot create symlinks without it.

Interesting, a minor limitation (could be fixed?), but not affecting users of compiled programs(?). Also it and `StaticCompiler` are just packages, not strictly _about Julia_. Also I believe it’s fixed (at least supports WSL2) and now supports Windows (?), if not always a possibility with any package, and that one is rather special-case, also with lots of limitations on non-Windows.

> [@Best practice: Julia development under Windows?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-practice-julia-development-under-windows/112711/4):
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> I am very surprised at any statement to not use Windows… that would be very unsubstantiated. I am the lead developer of SciML and I almost exclusively use Windows. I have been doing that since I started in Julia in 2016 and that’s why you see the whole ecosystem works with Windows. I am a contributor to everything from Julia LinearAlgebra to Plots.jl and MATLAB.jl because for many years I was “the Windows guy” that made sure the open source ecosystem played nicely with Windows. Now that we hav…

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