Supported Operating Systems & Ecosystems

Operating systems

We support every version that is still supported by its vendor. Once a version reaches end of life, it drops off this list.

Operating system	Supported versions
macOS	15 Sequoia, 26 Tahoe
Windows	Windows 11 version 24H2 and later. Version 23H2 on Enterprise and Education until 10 Nov 2026
Ubuntu	22.04 LTS, 24.04 LTS, 26.04 LTS
Debian	12 (Bookworm), 13 (Trixie)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	9, 10
Rocky Linux	9, 10
AlmaLinux	9, 10
Oracle Linux	9, 10
CentOS	Stream 9, Stream 10
Amazon Linux	2023

Linux specifics

Requirement	Details
Architecture	amd64 (x86_64) or arm64 (aarch64). Run uname -m to check
Kernel	5.11 or later, with BTF and cgroup v2 available. Run uname -r to check
Init system	systemd, which runs the aikido-endpoint-protection service

The kernel requirements come from the eBPF datapath the agent uses to see package installs. A container image installed with --container uses an explicit proxy instead, so it runs on older kernels; see Device Protection in Containers.

A desktop install also wants a tray that speaks StatusNotifierItem. That one is cosmetic, and protection runs either way. See Tray Icon Support on Linux.

Package sources

Device Protection monitors packages from the following sources:

• NPM (npm, npx, yarn, pnpm, pnpx, bun, bunx, rush, rushx, ..)

• PyPI (pip, pip3, pipx, pdm, poetry, uv, uvx, ..)

• VS Code

• Open VSX (Cursor, Windsurf, Kiro, ..)

• Maven (Gradle, sbt, ..)

• NuGet

• Chrome extensions

• Firefox extensions

• Go

• Skills.sh

• Ruby 3+ (bundler, gem)

• Rust

• PHP (composer)

• Homebrew

Skills are hosted on GitHub rather than a dedicated registry, so the Block All Installs and Force Requests policies do not apply to them. See Configuring Installation Policies.