# What is VTK's minimum C++ standard?

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/what-is-vtks-minimum-c-standard/5601
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [April 21, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/what-is-vtks-minimum-c-standard/5601 "2021-04-21T14:05:31Z")
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### Author: ![Dave\_DeMarle](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/dave_demarle/32/6_2.png) [@Dave\_DeMarle](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Dave_DeMarle)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/what-is-vtks-minimum-c-standard/5601/1 "2021-04-21T14:05:31Z")

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Hey folks!

What is VTK’s minimum supported C++ version these days? Is it c++14 yet or still c++11.

thanks

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/cory.quammen/32/6751_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/what-is-vtks-minimum-c-standard/5601/2 "2021-04-21T14:09:04Z")

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c++11

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/what-is-vtks-minimum-c-standard/5601/3 "2021-04-21T14:17:38Z")

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Though VTK-m is looking at C++14, so that’s probably “soon”, though some actual announcement from the VTK-m developers would be nice.