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Alpha and Meta Branch Differences

The Alpha branch is the latest commit branch, while the Meta branch merges the code from the Alpha branch at regular intervals. The Meta branch is not necessarily more stable than the Alpha branch.

Which file should I download?

Inrelease, the filename of each package includes several pieces of information, including:

  • Program name (mihomo)
  • Operating system (e.g., android, darwin, freebsd, linux, windows, etc.)
  • Architecture (e.g., 386, amd64, arm32v7, arm64, etc.)
  • Compilation method:
    • v1/2/3: only for AMD64 platforms, used to mark CPU instruction set level
    • default(not specified in file name): Default version compiled with GOAMD64=v3 tag.
    • compatible: Compiled with GOAMD64=v1 tag for compatibility with specific OS or architecture.
    • go120: Compiled with Golang1.20 for compatibility with specific OS or architecture.
    • abi1/2: ABI version for loongarch64, specific details can be found at http://www.loongnix.cn/zh/toolchain/Golang/downloads-Go1.21/index.html
  • Compile branch (e.g., alpha)
  • Git hash value of the commit (e.g., f90066f)

You can choose the executable file you need based on these pieces of information.

Check details between different architectural levels here.

Check details of system compatibility information about Golang version 1.20 here.

For macOS users: According to the Go wiki, Go 1.25 no longer supports macOS 11. macOS 11 users are advised to download the binary with the go124 tag, macOS 10.15 users are advised to download the binary with the go122 tag, and macOS 10.13 users are advised to download the binary with the go120 tag.

For Windows users: Currently, all official builds support Windows 7 and higher. (Unofficial builds are not guaranteed to support this; we maintain our own forked version of Golang for compiling.)

For Linux users: According to the go wiki, Go 1.24 only supports kernels 3.2 and higher. For kernels 2.6.32 to 3.1, please download the binary tagged go123.