
While we continue to work to ensure that results match across platforms, there are none-the-less system-level libraries that are OS dependent. Important Note: When processing a group of subjects for your study, it is essential to process all your subjects with the same version of FreeSurfer, on the same OS platform and vendor, and for safety, even the same version of the OS. Instructions are available to install and run Freesurfer on Linux inside the Windows Subsystem for Linux ( WSL) including setup for the WSL environment.įreesurfer v6 release downloads and installation instructions are here.

The VM can run on any Windows, Linux, or Mac operating system supported by Oracle's VirtualBox application. Martinos users should visit InternalFreeSurferDistributions for instructions on how to use pre-installed FreeSurfer distributions.Īn older 7.X.X release of Freesurfer pre-installed in a VM (virtual machine) is also provided on the 7.X_releases page. If you have not yet upgraded to Freesurfer version 7, you can read about and compare versions 7 and 6 in the ReleaseNotes. We also provide a step-by-step installation demo video for MacOS. Please note that Linux RPM/DEB and MacOS installer packages are available. Public links to the Freesurfer v7 release downloads and installation instructions are on the release 7 downloads page 7.X_releases. Latest Version 7 Release is 7.4.1 (June 2023)
