====== DokuWiki System Requirements ======

To run your own copy of [[DokuWiki]] you will need a web server and PHP. You can either run this software yourself or use a [[install:hosted|hosting provider]].

===== Web Server =====

DokuWiki will run on any web server that supports [[http://php.net/|PHP]].

Most users use [[http://httpd.apache.org/|Apache]] or [[https://nginx.org/en/|nginx]], but many others including [[https://www.iis.net|IIS]], [[https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server|litespeed]], [[https://www.lighttpd.net|lighttpd]], [[https://man.openbsd.org/httpd|OpenBSD httpd]], [[https://caddyserver.com/|Caddy]] and [[https://aprelium.com/abyssws/|Abyss]] are known to work.

===== PHP ====

DokuWiki is written in the PHP scripting language and thus needs a compatible PHP interpreter.

The current stable release requires PHP in version 7.4 or higher.

PHP versions up to and including 7.4 have reached [[https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php|End of Life]]. Thus PHP 8 is recommended.

Please refer to our page on [[install:php|recommended PHP settings]] for what extensions you should enable and recommended PHP configuration options.


===== See also =====

  * [[install|Installing DokuWiki]]
  * [[install:php|Recommended PHP settings]]
  * [[browser|Browser Recommendations]]