# bioconda now supports osx-arm64 for Apple Silicon macs

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/bioconda-now-supports-osx-arm64-for-apple-silicon-macs/30802
**Category:** Developer Discussion
**Tags:** conda
**Created:** [July 11, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/bioconda-now-supports-osx-arm64-for-apple-silicon-macs/30802 "2024-07-11T22:44:44Z")
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### Author: ![colinbrislawn](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/colinbrislawn/32/6221_2.png) [@colinbrislawn](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/colinbrislawn)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/bioconda-now-supports-osx-arm64-for-apple-silicon-macs/30802/1 "2024-07-11T22:44:44Z")

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From the [Bioconda Announcement ~~Blog~~](https://github.com/bioconda/bioconda-recipes/issues/33333):

[Announcements · Issue #33333 · bioconda/bioconda-recipes · GitHub](https://github.com/bioconda/bioconda-recipes/issues/33333#issuecomment-2221176852)

This means ARM packages can now be built and distributed through both conda-forge and bioconda with the platform tags `osx-arm64` and `linux-aarch64`.

A [few dozen packages](https://conda.anaconda.org/bioconda/osx-arm64/) have already been built!

We are still many dependencies away from native ARM support for Qiime2, but this represents a massive step forward for our upstream dependencies.  
🍎 🦾

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### Author: ![jianshu93](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/jianshu93/32/19533_2.png) [@jianshu93](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/jianshu93)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/bioconda-now-supports-osx-arm64-for-apple-silicon-macs/30802/2 "2025-02-21T23:11:24Z")

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With USEARCH open sourced, I believe it is a big step toward an apple silicon QIIME2. (scripts and non-compiling component will just work). --Jianshu