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Download and Install Compass

Important

MongoDB Compass doesn't support virtual desktop environments.

You can connect to your MongoDB Atlas deployment with MongoDB Compass. MongoDB Atlas is the fully managed service for MongoDB deployments in the cloud.

To download and install MongoDB Compass, select your operating system:

Compass requires:

Compass requires:

  • 64-bit version of macOS 10.12 or later.

  • MongoDB 4.4 or later.

Compass supports x64 and ARM64 architectures.

  • M1 Silicon is a supported ARM64 architecture and has a separate binary in the download center.

Compass supports x64 and ARM64 architectures.

Note

When you run MongoDB Compass on Linux machines using Nvidia graphics cards, MongoDB Compass may not render correctly. If an error returns, try including the --disable-gpu flag when you run the application.

Select the appropriate tab based on your Linux distribution and desired package from the tabs below:

  • To install the .deb package on Ubuntu and Debian, click the .deb tab.

  • To install the .rpm package on RHEL, click the .rpm tab.

Compass requires:

  • 64-bit version of Ubuntu 20.04 or later.

  • MongoDB 4.4 or later.

Compass requires:

  • 64-bit version of RHEL 8+ or later.

  • MongoDB 4.4 or later.

To download Compass, you can use your preferred web browser.

  1. Open the downloads page.

  2. Select the installer you prefer. The MongoDB Compass installer is available as a .exe or .msi package or a .zip archive.

  3. Download the latest version of MongoDB Compass for Windows.

To download Compass, you can use your preferred web browser.

  1. Open the downloads page.

  2. Download the latest version of MongoDB Compass for macOS. The MongoDB Compass installer is a .dmg disk image.

To download Compass on Linux systems, use wget.

Note

Alternatively, you can download Compass from the MongoDB downloads page.

  1. Download MongoDB Compass.

    wget https://downloads.mongodb.com/compass/mongodb-compass_1.44.5_amd64.deb
  2. Install MongoDB Compass.

    sudo apt install ./mongodb-compass_1.44.5_amd64.deb

    If your Linux distribution does not support using apt for installing local .deb files, run the following lines to install MongoDB Compass:

    sudo dpkg -i mongodb-compass_1.44.5_amd64.deb
    sudo apt-get install -f # This installs required compass dependencies
  3. Start MongoDB Compass.

    mongodb-compass
  1. Download MongoDB Compass.

    wget https://downloads.mongodb.com/compass/mongodb-compass-1.44.5.x86_64.rpm
  2. Install MongoDB Compass.

    sudo yum install mongodb-compass-1.44.5.x86_64.rpm
  3. Start MongoDB Compass.

    mongodb-compass
  1. Double-click the installer file.

  2. Follow the prompts to install Compass. You can select the destination of the Compass installation.

  3. Once installed, Compass launches and prompts you to configure privacy settings and specify update preferences.

  1. Once you have downloaded Compass, double-click on the .dmg file to open the disk image within the macOS Finder.

  2. Drag the MongoDB Compass application to your Applications folder.

  3. Eject the disk image.

  4. From the Applications folder, double-click on the Compass icon to start the application.

  5. When you open MongoDB Compass for the first time, you may receive a notice stating that it is an application downloaded from the internet, requiring you to confirm you want to open it. Click Open to continue and launch Compass.

Note

Depending on your system's security settings, you may have to modify your system settings to grant Compass permissions to run. You may be prompted to enter your system password before launching Compass.

Tip

See also:

  • Update MongoDB Compass

  • Capabilities of Compass Editions

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