Installation

This page shows the minimum software and hardware requirements for running CNA and CWE and the installation procedure.

Minimum requirements

The software and hardware requirements for CNA and the individual platforms are summed up in the table below:

Microsoft Windows

CPU	1 GHz or faster Intel/Arm
RAM	4 GB or more
HDD	200 MB or more
OS	• Microsoft Windows 10, version 22H2 (build 19045) ⚠️ • Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC, version 21H2 (build 19044) • Microsoft Windows 11, version 23H2 (build 22631) or newer • Microsoft Windows Server 2016, version 1607 (build 14393) or newer

Microsoft Windows 10, version 22H2 (build 19045)

Please note that the Windows 10 operating system, version 22H2 (build 19045) is no longer supported by Microsoft as of October 14, 2025, or October 13, 2026 for the EEA (European Economic Area), respectively. If this applies to you, please consider upgrading to a current version of the operating system.

Apple macOS

CPU	1 GHz or faster Intel/Arm
RAM	4 GB or more
HDD	200 MB or more
OS	• Apple macOS 12 Monterey ⚠️ • Apple macOS 13 Ventura ⚠️ • Apple macOS 14 Sonoma or newer

Apple macOS 12 Monterey and 13 Ventura

Please note that macOS versions 12 Monterey and 13 Ventura are no longer supported by Apple. If this applies to you, please consider upgrading to a currently supported version of the operating system (14 Sonoma, 15 Sequoia, 26 Tahoe or newer).

Web browsers

Browser	Microsoft Windows	Appple macOS
Apple Safari ⚠️	❌	✅
Google Chrome	✅	✅
Microsoft Edge	✅	✅
Mozilla Firefox	✅	✅
Opera	✅	✅

Extension for Apple Safari

The extension for Apple Safari requires a minimum browser version 26 (macOS version 14.8 or newer) and is available from CNA NG version 26.1.20417 or newer.

Procedure

1. Download the installation package for CNA and your platform.
2. Run the CNA installer, select type of the installation with the button Advanced (current user, all users - default, preffered option, requires elevated rights) and go through the installation wizard.
3. Install CWE for the web browser you use, unless it is Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Apple Safari, which can be installed together with CNA under point 2.
4. Verify that the CWE extension is present and enabled in your browser settings

Do you use Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Apple Safari?

For these web browsers, it is now possible to install CWE directly through the CNA installation package, i.e., ignore point 3 above. Installing the extension for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge requires a system restart after completion.

Existing installation of an older CNA version (Windows)

If you have an older version of the CNA application (without the NG suffix) installed on your workstation in the Current User variant, then please uninstall it before installing the new version. Otherwise, you may encounter an issue as described in Installation of Crypto Native App NG is not detected.

Unattended installation

Microsoft Windows

Option MSIEXEC

On Microsoft Windows platform, it is possible to perform unattended (silent) installation of CNA using the msiexectool. It must be noted that the default type of CNA installation is per-machine (recommended), so the msiexec tool must be run with increased authorisations. Within the installation, you can select the so-called Features to be installed, with the following indicators:

• ApplicationFeature: main CNA application.
• ChromeExtensionFeature: CWE extension for Google Chrome.
• EdgeExtensionFeature: CWE extension for Microsoft Edge.

Installation per-machine, all components

msiexec /i '[path to msi installation package]' /quiet /qn ADDLOCAL=ALL /norestart

Installation per-machine, only the main application

msiexec /i '[path to msi installation package]' /quiet /qn ADDLOCAL=ApplicationFeature

Installation per-machine, main application + extension for Google Chrome

msiexec /i '[path to msi installation package]' /quiet /qn ADDLOCAL=ApplicationFeature,ChromeExtensionFeature /norestart

Installation per-machine, main application + extension for Microsoft Edge

msiexec /i '[path to msi installation package]' /quiet /qn ADDLOCAL=ApplicationFeature,EdgeExtensionFeature /norestart

Overview of all available switches and options for the msiexec tool can be found here and here.

Logging

If there is a problem with the installation, it is possible to run detailed logging of its progress to a file. For example: msiexec /i '[path to msi installation package]' /quiet /qn ADDLOCAL=ALL /norestart /L*V! '[path to logging file]'.

Option WINGET

On Windows platform, it is also possible to perform unattended CNA installation using the winget tool (guide here):

winget install TescoSW.CryptoNativeAppNG

You can pass parameters to the installation package (see MSIEXEC installation option) through the --override property.

Version availability

Please note that for the winget tool, there may be delays in publishing new CNA versions.

Apple macOS

Option HDUTIL/INSTALLER

On the Apple macOS platform, you can perform an unattended (silent) installation of CNA using the terminal and the hdiutil, installer commands and their switches. You can find documentation for the commands here or enter man hdiutil or man installer in the terminal.

Installation per-machine, all components

hdiutil attach '[path to dmg file]'
sudo installer -pkg '[path to pkg file within the mounted dmg]' -target LocalSystem
sudo reboot

Installation per-user, all components

hdiutil attach '[path to dmg file]'
sudo installer -pkg '[path to pkg file within the mounted dmg]' -target CurrentUserHomeDirectory
sudo reboot

Option HOMEBREW

On Apple macOS platform, it is also possible to perform unattended CNA installation using the homebrew tool (guide here):

brew install --cask crypto-native-app-ng

Version availability

Please note that for the homebrew tool, there may be delays in publishing new CNA versions.