Virtual COM Port Drivers
Virtual COM port (VCP) drivers cause the USB device to appear as an additional COM port available to the PC. Application software can access the USB device in the This page contains the VCP drivers currently available for FTDI devices.
Click here to download the Windows 7 to Windows 11 and Windows Server (see note * below) driver installer. The Windows driver installer contains both VCP and D2XX drivers.
For D2XX Direct drivers, please click here.
Installation guides are available from the Installation Guides page of the Documents section of this site for selected operating systems.
VCP Drivers
Virtual COM port (VCP) drivers cause the USB device to appear as an additional COM port available to the PC. Application software can access the USB device in the same way as it would access a standard COM port.
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FTDI drivers may be used only in conjunction with products based on FTDI parts.
FTDI drivers may be distributed in any form as long as license information is not modified.
If a custom vendor ID and/or product ID or description string are used, it is the responsibility of the product manufacturer to maintain any changes and subsequent WHCK re-certification as a result of making these changes.
For more detail on FTDI Chip Driver licence terms, please click here.
Currently Supported VCP Drivers:
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| Operating System | Release Date | x86 (32-bit) | x64 (64-bit) | PPC | ARM | MIPSII | MIPSIV | SH4 | Comments |
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| Windows (Desktop)* | 2021-07-15 | 2.12.36.4 | 2.12.36.4 | – | 2.12.36.4A**** | – | – | – | WHQL Certified. Includes VCP and D2XX. Available as a setup executable Please read the Release Notes and Installation Guides. |
| Windows (Universal)*** | 2021-11-12 | 2.12.36.4U | 2.12.36.4U | – | – | – | – | – | WHQL Certified. Includes VCP and D2XX. |
| Linux | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | All FTDI devices now supported in Ubuntu 11.10, kernel 3.0.0-19 Refer to TN-101 if you need a custom VCP VID/PID in Linux VCP drivers are integrated into the kernel. |
| Mac OS X 10.3 to 10.8 | 2012-08-10 | 2.2.18 | 2.2.18 | 2.2.18 | – | – | – | – | Refer to TN-105 if you need a custom VCP VID/PID in MAC OS |
| Mac OS X 10.9 to 10.13 | 2019-12-24 | – | 2.4.2 | – | – | – | – | – | This driver is signed by Apple |
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Mac OS X 10.14
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2019–12-24 | – | 2.4.4 | – | – | – | – | – | This driver is signed by Apple |
| Mac OS X10.15 and macOS 11/12 | 2022-06-13 | 1.5.0 (zip) | 1.5.0 (zip) | This is a Beta driver release and the installer should be run from the Applications folder on your machine | |||||
| Windows CE 4.2-5.2** | 2012-01-06 | 1.1.0.20 |
– | – | 1.1.0.20 |
1.1.0.10 |
1.1.0.10 |
1.1.0.10 |
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| Windows CE 6.0/7.0 | 2016-11-03 |
1.1.0.22 CE 6.0 CAT CE 7.0 CAT |
– | – | 1.1.0.22 CE 6.0 CAT CE 7.0 CAT |
1.1.0.10 |
1.1.0.10 |
1.1.0.10 |
For use of the CAT files supplied for ARM and x86 builds refer to AN_319 |
| Windows CE 2013 | 2015-03-06 | 1.0.0 | 1.0.0 | VCP Driver Support for WinCE2013 | |||||
* Includes the following version of the Windows operating system: Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows server 2012 R2. Also, as Windows 8 RT is a closed system not allowing for 3rd party driver installation our Windows 8 driver will not support this variant of the OS. You must use the Windows RT build for this platform.
** Includes the following versions of Windows CE 4.2-5.2 based operating systems: Windows Mobile 2003, Windows Mobile 2003 SE, Windows Mobile 5, Windows Mobile 6, Windows Mobile 6.1 ,Windows Mobile 6.5
*** Windows 10 and Windows 11 only. Universal Windows Drivers enable developers to create a single driver package that runs across multiple different device types, from embedded systems to tablets and desktop PCs.
**** Windows 10 and Windows 11 only for ARM64 based Windows PCs. Also works on Mac M1/M2 running Parallels or VMWare Virtual Machines running Windows.
No Longer Supported:
| Processor Architecture | |||||||||
| Operating System | Release Date | x86 (32-bit) | x64 (64-bit) | PPC | ARM | MIPSII | MIPSIV | SH4 | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows* | 2017–08-30 | 2.12.28 | 2.12.28 |
– | – | – | – | – | WHQL Certified. Includes VCP and D2XX. Available as a setup executable Please read the Release Notes and Installation Guides. |
| Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003, Server 2008 | 2012-04-13 | 2.08.24 | 2.08.24 | – | – | – | – | – | WHQL Certified Also available as a setup executable Release notes This is FTDI’s final release before Microsoft stopped certifying drivers for these versions of Windows. |
| Windows 2000 | 2009-10-22 | 2.06.00 | – | – | – | – | – | – | WHQL Certified Available as setup executable Release notes |
| Windows 98/ME | 2004-11-25 | 1.09.06 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Does not support FT2232 or FT4232 devices |
| Windows 98/ME | 2004-03-12 | 1.0.3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Only supports FT2232D devices |
| Mac OS 9 Mac OS 8 |
2004-05-18 | – | – | 1.0f4 | – | – | – | – | |
| Mac OS X 10.9 and above | 2015-04-15 | – | 2.3 | – | – | – | – | – | This driver is signed by Apple |
| Linux | 2009-05-14 | 1.5.0 | 1.5.0 | ||||||
