System Requirements

Your server must meet the following requirements in order to operate properly.

1. Your server must have PHP 4.3.0 (or newer) installed with Safe Mode OFF.
2. You must have one available MySQL database (version 4.1 or newer).
3. For the optional image-generation features (such as thumbnails), you must have GD 2.0 support.
4. For optional subdirectory-style URLs (shorter URLs for users' albums, profiles, blogs, and groups), your server must be able to use .htaccess files and have mod_rewrite installed.

SocialEngine is designed to run natively on a Linux/Unix server with an Apache web server. However, SocialEngine will also work on most Windows servers provided that you have access to set file permissions on your server.

If you're not sure if your server meets these requirements, ask your hosting provider. If you don't yet have a host, we can recommend hosts that have everything you need to run SocialEngine.