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title: Go on Microsoft Windows
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> The Go project's official download page is at [https://go.dev/dl](https://go.dev/dl/).
>
> After downloading a binary release suitable for your system, you can install go by following the official installation instructions at [https://go.dev/doc/install](https://go.dev/doc/install#install).

The Windows port is stable and officially supported.

- See the [open Windows issues](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aos-windows) on the issue tracker.

| **Distributions**                        | **Architectures** | **Initial support version** | **Final support version** |
| :--------------------------------------- | :---------------- | :-------------------------- | :------------------------ |
| Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 or above | amd64, 386        | Go 1 _\*_                   |                           |
| Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 or above | arm64             | Go 1.17                     |                           |
| Windows 8, Windows Server 2012           | amd64, 386        | Go 1 _\*_                   | Go 1.20                   |
| Windows 7, Windows Server 2008R2         | amd64, 386        | Go 1 _\*_                   | Go 1.20                   |
| Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008       | amd64, 386        | Go 1 _\*_                   | Go 1.10.8                 |
| Windows XP, Windows Server 2003          | amd64, 386        | Go 1 _\*_                   | Go 1.10.8                 |

_\*_ Go 1.5 or above is recommended.