System requirements

Drupal 8 is a PHP-based software application and as such requires the following:

PHP

The following PHP version is required for the installation of Drupal 8:

• PHP 5.5.9 or higher

Web server options

One of the following:

• Apache
• Nginx
• Microsoft IIS

Database options

One of the following:

• MySQL 5.5.3 or above with PDO
• PostgreSQL 3.6.8 or above with PDO
• SQLite 3.6.8 or above
• MariaDB 5.5.20 (or greater)
• Percona Server 5.2.8 (or greater)

Browser options

One of the following:

• Internet Explorer 9.x and above
• Firefox 5.x and above
• Opera 12 and above
• Safari 5.x and above
• Google Chrome

Up-to-date system requirements can be found at https://drupal.org/requirements.