Not on XP yet?
If you’re reading this on a newer machine, the 64-bit build for Windows 10 and 11 is available right now. The XP and Windows 9 builds are part of the same promise — every user matters.
Snipe is coming to Windows XP. Because XP predates the modern Windows APIs that Chromium 140 relies on, the XP build runs on top of a compatibility layer called One-Core-API. Get that in place now and you’ll be ready the moment the XP build lands.
The order matters: install One-Core-API first, restart, then install Snipe. We currently recommend the 32-bit (x86) path as the most stable option for XP.
One-Core-API back-ports the modern Windows functions a current Chromium browser expects, so Snipe can load on XP at all. Download the latest release and run the installer, then reboot. We recommend the 32-bit build for the widest XP compatibility.
⬇ Get One-Core-API 4.0.7Once One-Core-API is installed and you’ve restarted, install the XP build of Snipe. This download isn’t published yet — the XP version is still in preparation. Check back soon, or use the box below to be reminded when it’s ready.
⏳ Coming soonWindows XP shipped in 2001 and never received the newer system APIs that modern software calls into. One-Core-API (OCA) is a community project that adds those missing functions to XP, Server 2003 and Vista, which is what lets recent Chromium-based browsers run on hardware and an OS the rest of the industry abandoned years ago.
That fits Snipe’s whole reason for existing: no user is an acceptable loss. Pairing Snipe with One-Core-API is how we reach all the way back to XP — see the One-Core-API 4.0.7 release notes for the full list of what it enables.
If you’re reading this on a newer machine, the 64-bit build for Windows 10 and 11 is available right now. The XP and Windows 9 builds are part of the same promise — every user matters.