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As of [http://chatlogs.musicbrainz.org/musicbrainz-devel/2015/2015-05/2015-05-25.html#T19-27-10-991609 25th May 2015], the MusicBrainz website officially supports the following browsers:
As of 7th June 2022, the MusicBrainz website officially supports the following browsers:


* Apple Safari 7.0 or newer
* Apple Safari 9.0 or newer
* Google Chrome 39 or newer
* Google Chrome 49 or newer
* Edge 14 or newer
* Internet Explorer 8 or newer when logged out, 11 or newer when logged in
* Mozilla Firefox 31 or newer
* Mozilla Firefox 52 or newer
* Opera 12.10 or newer


A bug which affects any of these should be fixed. Bugs which only affect an unsupported browser or browser version will be considered but the developers may decide to close them as "won't fix".
A bug which affects any of these should be fixed. Bugs which only affect an unsupported browser or browser version will be considered but the developers may decide to close them as "won't fix".

Opera uses the same underlying engine as Chrome nowadays, so if you're using a recent version of Opera, things should just work. Let us know if they don't.


=== Javascript support ===
=== Javascript support ===
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The website currently does not fully support mobile devices. However, feel free to report any bugs so that we know what is broken.
The website currently does not fully support mobile devices. However, feel free to report any bugs so that we know what is broken.

=== Updates to this list ===

This list should be revised twice a year, shortly after each schema change. It should take into account browser versions with at least a 0.5% share of traffic over the previous 6 months.

Latest revision as of 17:55, 25 August 2022

As of 7th June 2022, the MusicBrainz website officially supports the following browsers:

  • Apple Safari 9.0 or newer
  • Google Chrome 49 or newer
  • Edge 14 or newer
  • Mozilla Firefox 52 or newer

A bug which affects any of these should be fixed. Bugs which only affect an unsupported browser or browser version will be considered but the developers may decide to close them as "won't fix".

Opera uses the same underlying engine as Chrome nowadays, so if you're using a recent version of Opera, things should just work. Let us know if they don't.

Javascript support

The website should work with Javascript disabled if you're not logged in, or not editing data. Javascript is required to edit.

Mobile devices

The website currently does not fully support mobile devices. However, feel free to report any bugs so that we know what is broken.