Technical Requirements
All recommended versions are based on the latest released version of each series.
Requirements for Supported Software
Requirements for Joomla! 5.x
Software | Recommended1 | Minimum2 | More Information |
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PHP | 8.3 | 8.1.0 | Modules: json, simplexml, dom, zlib, gd, mysqlnd or pdo_mysql or pdo_pgsql |
Databases | |||
MySQL | 8.1 | 8.0.13 | |
MariaDB | 11.1.0 | 10.4.0 | |
PostgreSQL | 16.0 | 12.0 | |
Web Servers | |||
Apache 3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | |
Nginx | 1.25 | 1.21 | |
Microsoft IIS 4 | 10 | 10 |
Requirements for Joomla! 4.x
Software | Recommended1 | Minimum2 | More Information |
---|---|---|---|
PHP | 8.2 | 7.2.5 | https://www.php.net Modules: json, simplexml, dom, gd, mysqlnd or pdo_mysql or pdo_pgsql |
Databases | |||
MySQL | 8.0 | 5.6 | https://www.mysql.com |
PostgreSQL | 11.0 | 11.0 | https://www.postgresql.org/ (ext/pgsql support in PHP has been removed. Now uses the PostgreSQL PDO Driver) |
Web Servers | |||
Apache 3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | https://www.apache.org |
Nginx | 1.18 | 1.10 | https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/ |
Microsoft IIS 4 | 10 | 8 | https://www.iis.net |
Requirements for older Versions
On this page you see only currently supported versions if you need the requirements for older Joomla Versions please select the old version in the version switcher in the top right corner. Requirements for versions 3 and lower are listed in the documentention for 4.4.