censhare clients requirements

Requirements for censhare Client (aka Java-Client), censhare Admin Client, censhare Render Client and censhare Service Client for the censhare 2023.1 as well as versions below it. Compatibility with the Virtual File System (VFS), Adobe applications, and the censhare Adobe plugin is included.

What's new

KEXTless VFS 3.0 for macOS

About the censhare clients

Version parity

When Keycloak is used, you can only connect with the censhare Java-based clients to the censhare Server of the same version. Older clients may not work with the newer server versions.

Therefore, always upgrade your Clients after you did any server updates as the Keycloak libraries may not match otherwise.

Exceptions:

Keycloak with censhare standard authentication
Clients and server within the same minor update, but different patch updates may work together. However, such combinations are not recommended.

censhare Client (aka Java Client)

The censhare Client is the censhare desktop application for users.

To edit asset files locally, the censhare Client integrates a Virtual File System (VFS). No action is required on your side.
- See Virtual File System (VFS) if you want to learn more about VFS or want to change some configuration options.
To use fully integrated functionality of desktop publishing and print production with Adobe CC, the Adobe plugin (aka XML command plugin) is also required. You need to install it manually from our download portal.

censhare Admin Client

The censhare Admin Client is the administration instance for system administrators and solution developers. From the censhare Admin Client, you can access the censhare Server and database settings and configurations. The censhare Admin Client does not require a Virtual File System (VFS).

censhare Render Client

The censhare Render Client is an optional component of the censhare ecosystem. The censhare Render Client is required to use the fully integrated functionality of desktop publishing and print production with censhare Web. The Render Client requires an Adobe InDesign app that runs on the same computer or an Adobe InDesign Server instance. For more information, see the specifications for Adobe InDesign Server.

The censhare Render Client is installed as a server in your censhare ecosystem and requires the respective server OS for Windows. For more information, see the vendor page of the Windows server.

Previously, it was also possible to run Render Client on a macOS server, but the latter has been discontinued in 2022. However, you can run Render Client on an Apple machine and use this setup for development but not for productive purposes. For more information, see the vendor page of the macOS Server. It contains information about possibilities to continue using macOS Server and which features has been migrated from the macOS Server to macOS.

censhare Service Client

The censhare Service Client is an optional component of the censhare ecosystem. The censhare Service Client can be configured to carry out resource-intensive tasks (hotfolder actions and server actions) and thus reduce the load on the censhare Server.

Hardware recommendations

You may want to consider 1 CPU thread and and at least 4 GB RAM for each instance; 8 GB are recommended.

Compatibility with Windows and macOS

For compatibility matrices, see Compatibility matrices. All recent Windows and Mac operating systems are supported.

Note for macOS

censhare desktop Clients run seamlessly on the ARM architecture. However, they are not ARM-native and use Rosetta mode. Usually, you won't have anything to do as Rosetta starts once the very first Intel application is launched by you on your M1/M2 Mac. After that, you won't notice anything.

Note for Windows

Newer versions of censhare clients do not require a Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable installation on the client computer. Newer versions include 2024.1.0, 2023.1.1, 2022.2.3, 2022.1.3, 2021.2.10, 2021.1.11, 2020.3.12. This includes later versions for each mentioned version here.

Installation options

censhare Client (aka Java Client):
- The censhare Client can be used with Adobe or without Adobe. A VFS is installed by default.
- To use the censhare Client with Adobe, a censhare-specific Adobe plugin must be installed in addition. For compatibility matrices, see Compatibility matrices.
Service Client: The installation is not recommended on macOS. The censhare Service Client can also be installed on Linux distributions that are released for censhare Server.
censhare Admin Client: The installation requires neither the Adobe Plugin nor a VFS.
censhare Render Client:
- macOS: Install the macOS server add-on (check compatibility here) or use macOS without it for development purposes.
- Windows: Install the equivalent censhare Server version. The minimum version is Windows Server 2016.