Gephi is a cross-platform application developed in Java. It was successfully tested on many different architecture, OS and graphical configuration. Gephi requires Java version 11 but you don't need to install Java separately as it's embedded into the installation.

Minimum hardware requirements

500 MHz CPU + 128 MB RAM + OpenGL 1.2
There is no absolute minimum. This is a practical minimum. Performance is a function of graph size.

Network size (nodes + edges)	~Memory suggested
~1000	128mo
~10,000	512mo
~100,000	2go
~1M	>8go

Note that Gephi has been successfully tested on Netbooks, running on Intel® Atom.

Graphics

Gephi uses an OpenGL 3D engine to speed up graph visualization. However a compatible graphic card is required. If your graphic card is older than 8 years, or if your laptop doesn’t have a dedicated graphic card, you may have to upgrade your hardware to run Gephi.

• Detect and fix graphical problems

If you’re running on Linux, get latest vendor graphical drivers to ensure OpenGL hardware acceleration.

Java

The current stable version of Gephi will only run with Java 11. Java is bundled with the application so it doesn't have to be installed separately. You can however configure that if you prefer to select which JVM Gephi should use.

Mac OS

If you're running an older version of Mac OS (older than MacOS Mojave 10.14.4), you may need to install this Apple extension to run Gephi.