Overview
Claris FileMaker Pro
If you purchased FileMaker software directly from Claris, you received an email with a link to your Electronic Software Download page. Your license certificate file is available from that page. FileMaker Pro displays and supports the language used by the desktop operating system.
Claris FileMaker Go
FileMaker Go is a single, universal app that is designed for both iPad and iPhone and is available on the App Store.
Claris FileMaker WebDirect
FileMaker WebDirect runs custom apps in a web browser on a computer, tablet, and mobile phone. It is available in FileMaker Cloud and FileMaker Server.
Claris FileMaker Cloud
FileMaker Cloud is a service available from Claris International Inc. through the Claris Store. It includes access to the following clients: FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Go, and FileMaker WebDirect.
Claris FileMaker Server
FileMaker Server is available only as an electronic download. It includes product software and a link to an electronic license certificate for installation and provides access to the following clients: FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Go, and FileMaker WebDirect.
Claris Studio
Claris Studio is accessible at https://platform.claris.com
Claris Connect
Claris Connect is accessible at https://connect.claris.com
Product documentation is available online.
Important:
- While the publicly communicated version number is indicated by year (Claris FileMaker 2024) we are retaining the numeric version in technical specifications to facilitate clarity and customer support. The numeric version (21.x) is shown in the About FileMaker Pro dialog box, and Admin Console for FileMaker Server and FileMaker Cloud.
Languages supported
| Product | Languages |
| FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Go, FileMaker WebDirect | Worldwide English, French, Italian, German, Swedish, Japanese, Dutch, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese. |
| FileMaker Server | Worldwide English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Japanese. |
| Claris Studio | Worldwide English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Japanese |
| Claris Connect | Worldwide English |
| FileMaker Cloud Admin Console | Worldwide English, French, Canadian French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Japanese. |
| Claris Customer Console | Worldwide English, French, Canadian French, Italian, German, Swedish, Japanese, Dutch, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese. |
| Claris ID | Worldwide English, French, Italian, German, Swedish, Japanese, Dutch, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese. |
Compatibility (Interoperability)
| Host | Supported clients |
| FileMaker Server 21.x |
- FileMaker Pro 21.x, 20.3, 19.6, 19.5, 19.4.2
- FileMaker Go 21.x, 20.3, 19.6, 19.5, 19.4.2
- Apps created using iOS App SDK 21.x, 20.3, 19.6, 19.5, 19.4.2
- FileMaker WebDirect
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| FileMaker Cloud 2.21.x |
- FileMaker Pro 21.x, 20.3, 19.6.3, 19.5, 19.4.2
- FileMaker Go 21.x, 20.3, 19.6.3, 19.5, 19.4.2
- Apps created using iOS App SDK 21.x, 20.3, 19.6, 19.5, 19.4.2
- FileMaker WebDirect
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| Client | Supported hosts | Notes |
| FileMaker Pro 21.x |
- FileMaker Server 21.x, 20.3, 19.6, 19.5, 19.4.2
- FileMaker Pro 21.x, 20.3, 19.6,19.5, 19.4.2
- FileMaker Cloud 2.21.x
| Custom apps created using FileMaker Pro 12 and FileMaker Pro 12 Advanced (minimum) and later can be opened and used with FileMaker Pro 21.x. Learn more about converting your pre-12 FileMaker apps. |
| FileMaker Go 21.x |
- FileMaker Server 21.x, 20.3, 19.6,19.5, 19.4.2
- FileMaker Pro 21.x, 20.3, 19.6,19.5, 19.4.2
- FileMaker Cloud 2.21.x
| FileMaker Pro is required to create or to modify custom apps. Custom apps cannot be created or modified with FileMaker Go.
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NOTE: HTTPS tunneling support must be enabled in both FileMaker Pro/Go and FileMaker Server and is not supported in peer-to-peer sharing,
Supported operating systems and devices
| Product | Platform | Supported operating systems |
| FileMaker Pro | macOS |
- macOS Sequoia 15 (added support in version 21.1.1)
- macOS Sonoma 14.0
The following operating system is supported up to version 21.0.2:
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| Windows |
- Windows 11 Enterprise and Pro Editions (23H2, 64-bit only)
- Windows 10 Enterprise and Pro Editions (22H2, 64-bit only)
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| FileMaker Go | iPad/iPhone |
- iOS & iPadOS 18 (added support in version 21.1.1)
- iOS & iPadOS 17
The following iOS and iPadOS is supported up to version 21.0.2:
When run on these devices
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| iOS App SDK | Xcode 16 (added support in version 21.1.1)
Xcode 15 (supported up to version 21.0.2) |
| FileMaker Server | macOS |
- macOS Sequoia 15 (added support in version 21.1.1)
- macOS Sonoma 14.0
The following operating system is supported up to version 21.0.2:
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| Windows |
- Windows Server 2022 Standard Edition (with Desktop Experience)
- Windows Server 2022 Datacenter (with Desktop Experience)*
- Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition (with Desktop Experience)
- Windows Server 2019 Datacenter (with Desktop Experience)*
*Windows Server Datacenter is compatible with FileMaker Server 21.x, but has not been fully tested.
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| Ubuntu Linux |
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Long Term Support) Server AMD64 and ARM64
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Long Term Support) Desktop* AMD64 and ARM64
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Long Term Support) Server AMD64
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Long Term Support) Desktop* AMD64
*Ubuntu Desktop is compatible with FileMaker Server 21.x, but has not been fully tested.
The furigana option for fields and the Furigana function require the use of third-party tools such as Kakasi. |
| FileMaker Cloud | Ubuntu Linux |
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Versions stated above are the minimum requirement. Products may work with later operating systems certified by Claris International Inc. Operating systems not listed in the table above may also work but have not been tested and are not supported.
Hardware requirements
FileMaker Pro 21.x
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| | Minimum | Recommended |
| Windows | CPU: Intel or AMD
RAM: 2 GB | CPU: Intel or AMD
RAM: 4 GB or more |
| macOS | CPU: Intel/Apple Silicon M1, M2 or M3
RAM: 4 GB | CPU: Intel/Apple Silicon M1, M2 or M3
RAM: 8 GB or more |
Hardware requirements for FileMaker Server 21.x:
A dedicated computer is recommended for FileMaker Server that is reserved for use as a database server. Don't use an email, print, or network file server.
Note: Laptops are not recommended with FileMaker Server.
| FileMaker Server for macOS - Primary Machine |
| Minimum - Mac mini | Better - Mac Studio M2 Max | Best - Mac Studio M2 Ultra |
CPU: Apple M1 Chip with 8-Core CPU or Intel Core i5
RAM: 8 GB or more
Hard Drive: 512 GB Solid State Drive (SSD) Storage or more, with a minimum of 20% of free drive space.
Network: Gigabit Ethernet | CPU: Apple M2 Max Chip with 12-Core CPU
RAM: 32 GB or more
Hard Drive: 512 GB Solid State Drive (SSD) Storage or more, with a minimum of 20% of free drive space.
Network: 10 Gigabit Ethernet | CPU: Apple M2 Ultra Chip with 24-Core CPU RAM: 64 GB or more
Hard Drive: 1 TB Solid State Drive (SSD) Storage or more, with a minimum of 20% of free drive space.
Network: 10 Gigabit Ethernet |
| FileMaker Server for Windows and Linux - Primary Machine |
| Minimum | Better | Best |
CPU: 4 Core
RAM: 8 GB or more
Hard Drive: 512 GB Solid State Drive (SSD) Storage or more, with a minimum of 20% of free drive space.
Network: Gigabit Ethernet | CPU: 8 Core
RAM: 16 GB or more
Hard Drive: 512 GB Solid State Drive (SSD) Storage or more, with a minimum of 20% of free drive space.
Network: Gigabit Ethernet | CPU: 16 Core
RAM: 32 GB or more
Hard Drive: 1 TB Solid State Drive (SSD) Storage or more, with a minimum of 20% of free drive space.
Network: Gigabit Ethernet |
| FileMaker Server for Linux Ubuntu 22.04 - Secondary Machine |
| Minimum* | Better | Best |
CPU: 2 Core
RAM: 8 GB or more
Hard Drive: 256 GB Solid State Drives (SSD) Storage or more
Network: Gigabit Ethernet
Number of WebDirect connections: 50 | CPU: 4 Core
RAM: 8 GB or more
Hard Drive: 256 GB Solid State Drives (SSD) Storage or more
Network: Gigabit Ethernet
Number of WebDirect connections:120 | CPU: 8 Core
RAM: 16 GB or more
Hard Drive: 512 GB Solid State Drives (SSD) Storage or more
Network: Gigabit Ethernet
Number of WebDirect connections: 150 |
| FileMaker Server for Windows or macOS using IIS or Apache - Secondary Machine |
| Minimum* | Better | Best |
CPU: 2 Core
RAM: 8 GB or more
Hard Drive: 256 GB Solid State Drives (SSD) Storage or more
Network: Gigabit Ethernet
Number of WebDirect connections: 50 | CPU: 4 Core
RAM: 8 GB or more
Hard Drive: 256 GB Solid State Drives (SSD) Storage or more
Network: Gigabit Ethernet
Number of WebDirect connections: 100 | CPU: 8 Core
RAM: 16 GB or more
Hard Drive: 512 GB Solid State Drives (SSD) Storage or more
Network: Gigabit Ethernet
Number of WebDirect connections: 100 |
*Requirements are per installation environment of FileMaker Server.
Operating system drive requirements for FileMaker Server
FileMaker Server uses the operating system drive to provide temporary storage for progressive downloading, uploading and downloading apps, log files, and cache storage used by components such as the web server.
To maintain an optimal operating environment, FileMaker Server requires 100 GB or more of available storage on the operating system drive even if apps are hosted on or backed up to another drive. The server administrator must monitor the operating system drive to make sure that enough storage is available.
Vector embeddings and semantic search support requirements
Text Embedding Models:
| Supported |
OpenAI
- text-embedding-3-small
- text-embedding-3-large
- text-embedding-ada-002
Open Source
- all-MiniLM-L12-v2
- multi-qa-MiniLM-L6-cos-v1
- all-distilroberta-v1 (dropped support in version 21.1.1)
- all-mpnet-base-v2 (dropped support in version 21.1.1)
Cohere (added support in version 21.1.1)
- embed-english-v3.0
- embed-multilingual-v3.0
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Text & Image Embedding Models:
| Supported |
Open Source
- clip-ViT-L-14
- clip-ViT-B-32
- clip-ViT-B-32-multilingual-v1
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Note: Normalized vector embeddings are required. All embeddings must be generated from the same model to ensure compatibility and performance; mixing embeddings from different models is not supported.
Recommended hardware:
| Windows | macOS |
| CPU: Intel Xeon or AMD Zen 4, 5 series, with AVX, AVX2, or AVX512 | CPU: Apple Silicon |
Desktop supported keyboard input
| Windows | macOS |
- For Japanese, Microsoft IME and ATOK Pro 5
- For Korean and Simplified Chinese, Microsoft IME
- built-in Microsoft keyboard for other languages not specified above
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- For Japanese, Japanese input method, and ATOK 2024
- For Korean, 2-Set Korean input method
- For Simplified Chinese, Pinyin - Simplified Chinese input method
- built-in Input method keyboard for other languages not specified above
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Supported web browsers
FileMaker 21.x:
The following requirements apply starting with version 21.1.1.
* These versions are supported up to version 21.0.2
| Claris Studio | Claris Connect | FileMaker Server Admin Console |
- FileMaker Cloud Admin Console
- Claris Customer Console
| FileMaker WebDirect Desktop | FileMaker WebDirect Mobile | *Claris Customer Console Mobile |
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- Safari 18 minimum
- *Safari 17 minimum
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- Safari 18 minimum
- *Safari 17 minimum
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- Safari 18 minimum
- *Safari 17 minimum
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- Mobile Safari on iOS 18 minimum
- *Mobile Safari on iOS 17 minimum
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- Mobile Safari on iOS 18 minimum
- *Mobile Safari on iOS 17 minimum
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- Chrome 126 minimum
- *Chrome 122 minimum
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- Chrome 126 minimum
- *Chrome 122 minimum
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- Chrome 126 minimum
- *Chrome 122 minimum
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- Chrome 126 minimum
- *Chrome 122 minimum
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- Chrome 126 minimum
- *Chrome 122 minimum
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- Microsoft Edge 126 minimum
- *Microsoft Edge 122 minimum
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- Microsoft Edge 126 minimum
- *Microsoft Edge 122 minimum
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- Microsoft Edge 126 minimum
- *Microsoft Edge 122 minimum
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*Users are able to perform the following tasks in Claris Customer Console on a mobile browser:
- Access the Home page
- Access the Subscription page
- Create a Claris ID
- Sign in with Claris ID
FileMaker WebDirect recommended hardware configurations
| Number of FileMaker WebDirect clients* | Recommended FileMaker Server configuration |
| 1-100* | Single-machine deployment for Windows and macOS |
| 1-120* | Single-machine deployment for Linux |
| 101-1000* | Multiple-machine deployment, each secondary machine serves a maximum of 150 FileMaker WebDirect clients for Linux. |
*Connections may be limited by hardware, custom app design, license/subscription, and other variables.
FileMaker WebDirect mobile hardware requirements
| Platform | Supported device |
| iPad | Memory: 2 GB RAM or greater
CPU: 2.39 GHz hexa-core 64-bit |
| iPhone | Memory: 2 GB RAM or greater
CPU: 2.39 GHz hexa-core 64-bit |
| Android | Memory: 3 GB RAM or greater
CPU: 2.1GHz Quad-Core processor or greater |
FileMaker WebDirect may work on other devices not listed in the table above, but these devices have not been tested and are not supported.
FileMaker WebDirect mobile supported keyboard input
- For Japanese: Google IME (Android) and ATOK (Android & iOS).
- For Korean and Simplified Chinese: Google IME (Android).
- Built-in iOS keyboard for other languages not specified above.
- Built-in Android keyboard for other languages not specified above.
FileMaker WebDirect mobile hardware accessories
- Smart Keyboard support for iPad Pro
- Apple Pencil support for iPad Pro
Capacities
The table below lists the tested and theoretical maximum simultaneous connection limits for FileMaker Server 2024. Tested maximums reflect the test configuration and do not represent a guarantee of performance.
FileMaker Server 21.x can host up to 256 FileMaker Pro files.
| FileMaker Server |
| Client | Tested** | Maximum Allowed** |
| FileMaker Pro | 500 | 2000 |
| FileMaker Go | 500 | 500 |
| FileMaker WebDirect | See below table | 1000 |
| Custom Web Publishing (CWP)* | 500 | 2000 |
| FileMaker Data API | 500 | 1000 |
| OData | 500 | 1000 |
| ODBC/JDBC | 50 | Unrestricted |
*Multiple users can share a single CWP connection. CWP connections are based on simultaneous request events, rather than persistent connections.
**Connections are limited by hardware, custom app design, active users, operating system, or license agreement/subscription.
Supported WebDirect connections by Web Server
| Web Server | Tested | Maximum Allowed |
| MacOS (Apache) | 500 | 500 |
| Windows (IIS) | 500 | 500 |
| Ubuntu (NginX with Load Balancer) | 1000 | 1000 |
The table below lists the tested and maximum allowed simultaneous connection limits for FileMaker Cloud 2.21.x. Tested maximums reflect the test configuration and do not represent a guarantee of performance.
FileMaker Cloud 2.21.x can host up to 256 FileMaker Pro files.
| FileMaker Cloud |
| Client | Tested* |
| FileMaker Pro | 250 |
| FileMaker Go | 100 |
| FileMaker WebDirect | 100 |
* Connections may be limited by instance type, app design, active users, or license agreement/subscription.
Instance types
Instance types vary depending on the amount of processing power, memory, and networking capacity needed to run your custom apps. Here are the available options:
FileMaker Cloud Essentials pricing plan (5-10 users)
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| Number of users | Type | CPU | Memory | Storage | Hosting limit |
| 5 to 10 users | large
No upgrades available. | 2 | 8 GB | 2 GB of FileMaker Data Storage per user/year. No upgrades available. | 3 apps |
FileMaker Cloud Standard plan (5-99 users)
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| 5 to 9 users | large | 2 | 8 GB | 6 GB of FileMaker Data Storage per user/year. Upgrades available for purchase. | 256 apps |
| 10 to 39 users | xlarge | 4 | 16 GB |
| 40 to 99 users | 2xlarge | 8 | 32 GB |
| 100+ users | 2xlarge | 8 | 32 GB |
Additional requirements
| Technology | Requirement |
| Java | Java JDK 17 |
| Security |
FileMaker Cloud:
Custom apps are automatically encrypted when uploaded to FileMaker Cloud.
Claris ID supports two-factor authentication.
FileMaker Cloud includes a built-in SSL certificate.
FileMaker Server:
Supports AES-256 encryption of data at rest when the database files are encrypted by the encryption functionality in Claris FileMaker.
Sharing, reading from, and writing to AES-256 encrypted files is supported by all products
Supports SSL with AES-256 encryption of data in transit when the database files are hosted with FileMaker Server 19.6.4 or later.
Supports SSL cipher suites
TLS v1.2:
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256(secp521r1)
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384(seco521P1)
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384(secp521r1)
- TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (rsa 2048)
- TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (rsa 2048)
Supports third party Certificate Authority (CA) SSL certificate vendors.
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| Networking | TCP/IP
Each FileMaker Pro client requires a licensed copy of the software.
Peer-to-peer sharing in FileMaker Pro is limited to 5 simultaneous client connections in addition to the host; each client requires a licensed copy of the software. Use FileMaker Cloud or FileMaker Server for increased security options and sharing capability.
NOTE: This feature has been deprecated in FileMaker Pro 18 Advanced. Peer-to-peer sharing is recommended for testing purposes only. Learn more >
Mobile clients support WiFi, LTE, 4G, and 5G |
| Supported ESS Data Sources |
Click here for a list of third party ODBC data sources and ODBC drivers supported when working with External SQL Data Sources.
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| ODBC and JDBC Client Drivers | Learn more about installing drivers to enable ODBC and JDBC clients to access FileMaker Pro data |
| Microsoft .NET | For Windows, FileMaker Pro requires Microsoft .NET framework version 4.8 or later. |
| Support Customizable OAuth Identity Providers | FileMaker Server allows you to add a customizable identity provider. The supported providers are:
- Amazon (Predefined)
- Google (Predefined)
- Microsoft Azure AD (Predefined)
- Apple ID (Predefined)
- OpenID connect (OIDC) or OAuth 2.0 providers are supported
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Deprecated and removed technologies
Claris International Inc. continually invests in the latest technology in order to keep improving the Claris platform. As a result, some features and operating systems are deprecated and will be removed in future versions of Claris software. See a list of deprecated technologies.
