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title: "Installation and Activation"
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## Requirements

<span style="color: #222222">Blast2GO is an operating system independent Java Application and works on Mac, Windows and Linux systems. We recommend at least 2GB of RAM. A working Internet connection is required to use most of the features of the application. Application-specific proxy settings are available. Blast2GO needs to write permissions in its installation folder to allow automatic updates to work</span>