System Requirements
Works on the laptop you already have.
SMIN runs entirely in the browser — no installers, no drivers, no admin rights. Below are the hardware tiers for a comfortable working experience.
Minimum
Enough for CSV imports, geology, IDW estimation and basic reporting.
- CPU
- Any x86-64 dual-core
- RAM
- 8 GB
- GPU
- Integrated (WebGL 2)
- Storage
- 5 GB free
- Display
- 1366 × 768
- Network
- 5 Mbps down
Recommended
Recommended
Comfortable working setup for Ordinary Kriging and LG pit optimisation on typical single-deposit projects.
- CPU
- Modern quad-core (Intel i5-12xxx / Ryzen 5)
- RAM
- 16 GB
- GPU
- Discrete GPU (NVIDIA GTX 1650+ / RTX / M-series)
- Storage
- 20 GB free · SSD
- Display
- 1920 × 1080
- Network
- 50 Mbps down
Power User
Portfolio-scale multi-project work with 250k+ block model rendering and heavy variogram fitting.
- CPU
- 8+ cores (i7-13xxx / Ryzen 7 / M2 Pro)
- RAM
- 32 GB+
- GPU
- RTX 4060+ / M2 Pro / M3 Pro
- Storage
- 100 GB free · NVMe SSD
- Display
- 2560 × 1440 or dual 1080p
- Network
- 100 Mbps down / 20 Mbps up
Supported Browsers
- Google Chrome / Chromium115+Recommended
- Microsoft Edge115+Fully supported
- Mozilla Firefox116+Fully supported
- Apple Safari17+Fully supported (macOS / iPadOS)
Supported Operating Systems
- Windows 10 / 11 (x64 or ARM)
- macOS 13 (Ventura) or later — Intel & Apple Silicon
- Linux · Ubuntu 22.04+, Fedora 39+, Debian 12+
- Chrome OS 118+
- iPadOS 17+ (read-only viewer)
Deploying SMIN on-premise?
SMIN ships as a Kubernetes bundle — Helm chart, Docker images and Postgres/MongoDB dependencies. Air-gapped deployments are supported. Typical requirements per node:
- CPU
- 8 vCPU
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 500 GB NVMe
- K8s
- 1.28+