Roon System Requirements and Hardware recommendations

Roon Hardware Specification Recommendations

Roon will run on just about any recent PC or Mac. Performance and quality of experience will depend on the size of your music collection and the performance of your hardware. Check out this comment on our community site for the nitty gritty details.

Recommended Hardware

  1. Intel Core i3, Ivy Bridge+
  2. 4GB RAM
  3. SSD boot drive
  4. 1440 x 900 Resolution

Supported Platforms for Roon Server or Roon Remote

  1. Windows 10 or later
    1. OpenGL 3.0 support is required to run Roon (bot supported on most VM's)
    2. Media Packs are required for Windows Server 2012 R1/R2, or Windows N/K/NK

  2. macOS 12+

  3. Linux (More Info)
    1. Intel x86_64 builds Core and Output functions
    2. ARM builds only support Output functions

  4. NAS platforms (More Info)
    1. QNAP
    2. Synology
    3. Asustor
    4. Unraid
    5. TrueNAS

Supported Tablets as Remotes

  1. Android 9+
    1. see more information here
  2. Apple iPad running iOS 12.2+
    1. see more information here

Supported Phones as Remotes

  1. Android 
    1. see more information FAQ: What Android devices can I use Roon with? 
  2. Apple iPhone 5s or later running iOS 12.2+
    1. see more information here

Supported Platforms for Roon Bridge

Roon Bridge adds audio outputs to your Roon system over the network. It runs on:

  • Windows 10 or later
  • macOS 12 or later
  • Linux (x64, armv7hf, and armv8) with glibc 2.27 or later and OpenSSL 1.1.1 or later (More Info)

Most Linux distributions from roughly 2019 onward meet these requirements, including current versions of Raspberry Pi OS and RoPieee.

Installing Roon

A free Roon account is required to get up and running. See this page for installation guidance.