FreeSurfer Version 8 & 7 Releases
This page describes the version 8.X and 7.X releases of FreeSurfer. Below are the install packages and tar archives for download and install.
The *.rpm (CentOS/RedHat) and *.deb (Ubuntu) package installer that matches your operating system should be used by anyone with sudo/root permissions on their machine. This includes individual users with their own personal machine running Linux or Mac OS and system administrators who wish to install freesurfer for use by multiple users on institutional and/or public linux servers. The tar archives are an imperfect fallback for users w/o system administrator privileges. Or since expansion of a tar archive neither manages or checks system dependencies like a real installer, then we cannot be responsible for run time errors or system dependency issues that result from use of the tar archives instead of the package installers. read_the_release_notes_here
FreeSurfer Release 8.X and 7.X System Requirements
REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY:
See the list of operating systems with supported installers in the tables below for each freesurfer release. The same operating systems may not be supported for every release.
Supported Processors: Intel processors supporting AVX, SSE instructions; Apple M1, M2, M3, M4 arm64 processor.
Required RAM 8.X releases: total system memory 32GB+ for recon-all and/or python based commands (as the only running application) utilizing tensorflow, etc. packages.
Required RAM 7.X releases: total system memory 16GB+ for recon-all (as the only running application).
Video/Graphics RAM: 16GB suggested for viewing 3D graphics using a 3rd party graphics card that supports 3D graphics via access to its own dedicated memory utilizing accelerated OpenGL drivers (built-in graphics hardware in some portable laptops may not be adequate).
Size of installed image: 16GB-19GB
Typical size of a processed subject: 300MB
Other requirements: Matlab (only needed to run FS-FAST, the fMRI analysis stream)
Linux install and setup: here.
Mac install and setup: here.
Instructions for setting up a Virtual Box VM to host Ubuntu 22 Linux running freesurfer can be found here. Run freeview with Windows 10 Using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL): here.
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OS Build Platform Version Release Date Download Size MD5 sum Linux CentOS 7 x86_64 (64b) tar archive 7.4.1 release June 2023 8.9G e200a3a3326d887bace33a3c25fe5d1c Linux CentOS 7 x86_64 (64b) RPM installer 7.4.1 release June 2023 7.2G 60ed272838ca61a36b0dd31ea7d86df4 Linux CentOS 8 x86_64 (64b) tar archive 7.4.1 release June 2023 8.9G 93d67e5c811d80a82260ea5b4846dae3 Linux CentOS 8 x86_64 (64b) RPM installer 7.4.1 release June 2023 7.2G 2512c0c798e7fe75bdfd5ba31e3160bb Linux Ubuntu 18 amd64 (64b) tar archive 7.4.1 release June 2023 8.9G 5b6896bef2bcf683184612798902c89b Linux Ubuntu 18 amd64 (64b) DEB installer 7.4.1 release June 2023 6.3G 3df44ed3deeabfca6d5154e884adcc4a Linux Ubuntu 20 amd64 (64b) tar archive 7.4.1 release June 2023 8.9G f735655a88b0a5e05bef4ab73d991e3d Linux Ubuntu 20 amd64 (64b) DEB installer 7.4.1 release June 2023 6.3G 3f488ddc5c1a19fe23bb9cbe2c9f457f Linux Ubuntu 22 amd64 (64b) tar archive * 7.4.1 release June 2023 8.9G 4275a307a1a91043587f659389b3e9a8 Linux Ubuntu 22 amd64 (64b) DEB installer * 7.4.1 release June 2023 6.6G bfe85dd76677cfb7ca2b247b9ac6148e MacOS MacOS X darwin (64b) tar archive ** 7.4.1 release June 2023 6.6G 8248bfcc4e311a323eeb788ce2c24b66 MacOS MacOS X darwin (64b) PKG installer ** 7.4.1 release June 2023 6.6G e050d9a939cb1c969ff0f0d12c5d2749 * Ubuntu 22 users may be prompted to obtain a new freesurfer license because of glibc updates
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OS Build Platform Version Release Date Download Size MD5 sum Linux CentOS 7 x86_64 (64b) tar archive 7.3.2 release Aug 2022 6.2G 098feb790507ccdf5853097acf1697fe Linux CentOS 7 x86_64 (64b) RPM installer 7.3.2 release Aug 2022 5.0G 157ede117abb0dffd59f606bd294b315 Linux CentOS 8 x86_64 (64b) tar archive 7.3.2 release Aug 2022 6.2G 941b85c2122eea05003ea2fc74410a62 Linux CentOS 8 x86_64 (64b) RPM installer 7.3.2 release Aug 2022 5.0G ebec16df24bd4895929b0b1c8caf15dc Linux Ubuntu 18 amd64 (64b) tar archive 7.3.2 release Aug 2022 6.2G 69526a9334c2bce22ad96694a00d8dbc Linux Ubuntu 18 amd64 (64b) DEB installer 7.3.2 release Aug 2022 4.2G 0ec408245411fbd832109106a1984ff1 Linux Ubuntu 20 amd64 (64b) tar archive 7.3.2 release Aug 2022 6.2G de9e639976a480612cbba1cf5d33f2b0 Linux Ubuntu 20 amd64 (64b) DEB installer 7.3.2 release Aug 2022 4.2G b2d0f8e6285f4a8da72d008a6390a7fe Linux Ubuntu 22 amd64 (64b) tar archive * 7.3.2 release Aug 2022 6.2G ef8b8086c86870ac1de84fe8b55a3456 Linux Ubuntu 22 amd64 (64b) DEB installer * 7.3.2 release Aug 2022 4.5G c82faf14365262f926ce0ea3e2ce45d4 MacOS MacOS X darwin (64b) tar archive ** 7.3.2 release Aug 2022 5.0G 4835d3819dcca07338c9a5488d1a07c4 MacOS MacOS X darwin (64b) PKG installer ** 7.3.2 release Aug 2022 5.0G 1915bd7679c51d5693e74d7fdf2dd720 * Ubuntu 22 users may be prompted to obtain a new freesurfer license because of glibc updates
OS Build Platform Version Release Date Download Size MD5 sum Linux CentOS 6 x86_64 (64b) tar archive 7.2.0 release July 2021 4.7G eae2d09b063794bf2c8ed3e50ee80bd8 Linux CentOS 6 x86_64 (64b) RPM installer 7.2.0 release July 2021 3.8G 538fc84f5d15d3398e1a339767ce4597 Linux CentOS 7 x86_64 (64b) tar archive 7.2.0 release July 2021 4.7G 9d2d1576b0ddf587274130052530a200 Linux CentOS 7 x86_64 (64b) RPM installer 7.2.0 release July 2021 3.8G 2f88f3b751dbcc5ebc91ebf2c736e920 Linux CentOS 8 x86_64 (64b) tar archive 7.2.0 release July 2021 4.7G 1e23201345a69f0263630ac0706f4104 Linux CentOS 8 x86_64 (64b) RPM installer 7.2.0 release July 2021 3.8G 020c62a9808bc21901aa36d6ab454cac Linux Ubuntu 18 amd64 (64b) tar archive 7.2.0 release July 2021 4.7G aae6b77f759e566bb1d2682019717bdd Linux Ubuntu 18 amd64 (64b) DEB installer 7.2.0 release July 2021 3.1G c8c73f5d2ef134f74305770b67436531 MacOS MacOS X darwin (64b) tar archive 7.2.0 release July 2021 4.2G 3c3a099232f259006eef945fa3e53c80 MacOS MacOS X darwin (64b) PKG installer 7.2.0 release July 2021 4.2G a11df11ae70ff06552910dd82e8736d3
OS Build Platform Version Release Date Download Size MD5 sum Linux CentOS 6 x86_64 (64b) tar archive 7.1.1 release July 2020 4.4G b573573ed6a9317ccde9ff6b76d0a2da Linux CentOS 6 x86_64 (64b) RPM installer 7.1.1 release July 2020 3.7G 323ce6d2bc51f5fee116bf2df90e187d Linux CentOS 7 x86_64 (64b) tar archive 7.1.1 release July 2020 4.3G 2edffb289ad068c1e934ff8a2cbb4fb0 Linux CentOS 7 x86_64 (64b) RPM installer 7.1.1 release July 2020 3.6G 7f06be7ee8e8bdc6d4f364b97225d1a8 Linux CentOS 8 x86_64 (64b) tar archive 7.1.1 release July 2020 4.3G 2edffb289ad068c1e934ff8a2cbb4fb0 Linux CentOS 8 x86_64 (64b) RPM installer 7.1.1 release July 2020 3.6G 7f06be7ee8e8bdc6d4f364b97225d1a8 MacOS MacOS darwin (64b Intel) tar archive 7.1.1 release July 2020 4.1G 6c304330b4b1765db99c00a56ef028bc MacOS MacOS darwin (64b Intel) PKG installer 7.1.1 release July 2020 4.1G 8e87a069fd90fd50d31ee0729c58c6d6 Important Note: When processing a group of subjects for your study, it is essential to process all your subjects with the same version of FreeSurfer, on the same OS platform and vendor, and for safety, even the same version of the OS. While we continue to work to ensure that results match across platforms, there are none-the-less system-level libraries that are OS dependent. An exception to this rule is that you may view and edit files across any platform or version, and run some post-processing tools (outside the recon-all stream) if you check with us first (for instance you may run the longitudinal processing with newer versions). 8.0.0 release
Linux OS: CentOS7, CentOS8, Rocky8, Ubuntu18, Ubuntu20, Ubuntu22
Mac OS: 12.X, 13.X, 14.X (separate Intel and arm64 installers). In addition to the release notes listed above, please read these updated setup and install notes for 8.X releases which include license setup, new recon-all behavior, setting up Matlab and utilizing torch with NVIDIA hardware, listed here.
** Mac users should download and install the latest vesion of Xquartz from https://www.xquartz.org 7.4.1 release
Linux OS: CentOS7, CentOS8, Ubuntu18, Ubuntu20, Ubuntu22
Mac OS: 10.15; 11.X, 12.X, 13.X (Intel binaries only running under Rosetta).
** Mac users should download and install the Xquartz 2.8.2 release from https://www.xquartz.org 7.4.0 release
Linux OS: CentOS7, CentOS8, Ubuntu18, Ubuntu20, Ubuntu22
Mac OS: 10.15; 11.X, 12.X, 13.X (Intel binaries only running under Rosetta).
** Mac users should download and install the Xquartz 2.8.2 release from https://www.xquartz.org 7.3.2 release
Linux OS: CentOS7, CentOS8, Ubuntu18, Ubuntu20, Ubuntu22
Mac OS: 10.14, 10.15, 11.X, 12.X (Intel binaries).
** Mac users should download and install the Xquartz 2.8.2 release from https://www.xquartz.org 7.2.0 release
Linux OS: CentOS6, CentOS7, CentOS8, Ubuntu18
Mac OS: 10.12 thru 10.15, 11.X (Intel binaries)
7.1.1 release
Linux OS: CentOS6, CentOS7, CentOS8
Mac OS: 10.12 thru 10.15, 11.X (Intel binaries)