Compatible Technologies Windows
Below is a list of programs and software for HostGator's Windows servers. We have tested these items for compatibility. The entries show if the item is compatible, not compatible, or installable only by a HostGator agent. (The entry for each item may also have parenthetical notes for special cases.)
This list does not include everything our servers can and cannot support, but it does include the most popular items. Some items listed are included on the server, others are items HostGator can assist you with installing, and some items would need to be provided and installed by you.
We strive to assist our customers as much as possible and can assist you with all server-related issues. We may not be able to offer you support for any third-party items listed. However, in every case, we will at least try to point you in the correct direction to get the help you need.
Note: This article indicates compatibility. This does not imply that we install these programs for free. Some programs on this list are already on the server or can be installed for free, but other programs require installation and/or administrative fees.
Please contact us via phone or chat to inquire about installing a specific program and possible additional fees.
For items that state Contact Us, please contact us via phone or chat for assistance with using the service, as it will require an agent to activate it:
Service | Shared/Reseller | Dedicated/VPS |
---|---|---|
ActiveSync (License purchase required.) |
✘ | ✔ |
Ad Server | ✘ | ✔ |
Ajax | ✔ | ✔ |
Alias files, aliases | ✔ | ✔ |
aMember Pro | ✔ | ✔ |
Apache 2 | ✘ | ✔ |
Antivirus software | ✘ | ✔ |
Apache Flex | ✘ | ✔ |
Apple, iWeb, Mac Mail | ✔ | ✔ |
ASP.Email | ✘ | ✔ |
ASP.PDF | ✘ | ✔ |
Chocolatey NuGet (similar to apt-get) | ✘ | Contact Us |
ASP Classic/Active Server Pages (included) (VBScript and JScript supported) |
✔ | ✔ |
ASP.Net 1.1 (ASPX) | ✘ | ✘ |
ASP.NET 2.0 and 3.5 (ASPX) | ✔ | ✔ |
ASP.Net 4.0 (ASPX) | ✔ | ✔ |
ASP.Net 4.6 (ASPX) | ✔ | ✔ |
ASP.Net 4.7 (ASPX) | ✔ | Contact Us |
ASP.Net Trust Level | ✔ "full" |
✔ "full" |
Aspell, Pspell | ✔ | ✔ |
AWstats (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
Browscap, browscap.ini | ✘ | ✔ |
Bugzilla (Installation and configuration not available) |
✘ | ✔ |
Byte range requests/byte serving | ✘ | ✔ |
C, C++, GCC, C Compiler | ✘ | ✔ |
C# (C sharp) | ✔ | ✔ |
CakePHP | ✔ | ✔ |
Clam AV | ✘ | Contact Us |
CGExtensions | ✔ | ✔ |
ClipShare/File sharing | ✘ | ✔ |
Code signing | ✘ | ✔ |
ColdFusion (Installation & configuration not available) |
✘ | ✔ |
Compressed files (.rar* .zip .tar.gz .bz2) | ✔ | ✔ |
concrete5 | ✔ | ✔ |
cPanel/Enkompass | ✘ | ✔ |
Cron jobs/scheduled tasks (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
Crypt::SSLeay | Contact Us | ✔ |
Crystal Reports | ✘ | ✔ |
CS-Cart | ✔ | ✔ |
cURL, libcurl, PHP/cURL (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
Cyberduck FTP | ✔ | ✔ |
Delavo | ✘ | ✘ |
Disable open_base dir | ✔ | ✔ |
Django (Shared requires FastCGI) | ✔ | ✔ |
dl() function | ✘ | ✔ |
DLL, Dynamic link library (Shared requires Microsoft-signed .dlls) |
✔ | ✔ |
Dolphin 7 (You provide installation and license) |
✘ | ✔ |
Dolphin - Ray, Orca, & older Dolphin versions (Boonex.com) | ✔ | ✔ |
DotNet, dot net, .NET | ✔ | ✔ |
DotNetNuke | ✔ | ✔ |
Drupal (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
Dundas | ✘ | ✔ |
e107 | ✔ | ✔ |
eAccelerator | ✘ | ✔ |
Elgg | ✔ | ✔ |
Email piping | ✔ | ✔ |
Executable Files and Batch Files* | ✘ | ✔ |
ExpressionEngine | ✔ | ✔ |
FastCGI | ✔ | ✔ |
Flash FLV (Browsers must have MacroMedia Flash Player Installed) |
✔ | ✔ |
Flash Media Server (FMS) | ✘ | ✔ |
Flash remoting using Amfphp | ✔ | ✔ |
Flv2tool | ✘ | ✔ |
formail | ✔ | ✔ |
formmail | ✔ | ✔ |
fopen | ✔ | ✔ |
FrontPage extensions (deprecated) | ✘ | ✘ |
fsockopen | ✔ | ✔ |
FTPS | ✔ | ✔ |
Full text search | ✘ | ✔ |
FXP | ✘ | ✔ |
Game server hosting | ✘ | ✔ |
GD2 library (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
GET | ✔ | ✔ |
Ghostscript | ✔ | ✔ |
Git client | ✘ | ✔ |
Git server | ✘ | ✔ |
GnuPG | ✔ | ✔ |
Google AdSense & AdWords | ✔ | ✔ |
G Suite & Email | ✔ | ✔ |
GZip | ✔ | ✔ |
HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) | ✔ | ✔ |
HTTP digest authentication | ✘ | ✔ |
HTTP keep-alive (HTTP persistent connection) | ✔ | ✔ |
HTTP streaming (audio/video) | ✔ | ✔ |
If-Modified-Since HTTP header | ✔ | ✔ |
iHTML | ✘ | ✔ |
IIS (Internet Information Services)** | ✔ | ✔ |
IIS Remote Administration | ✘ | ✔ |
ImageMagick, Image Magick (included) | ✘ | ✔ |
IMAP | ✔ | ✔ |
imap_open | ✔ | ✔ |
InnoDB | ✘ | ✔ |
ionCube Loader, decoder | ✔ | ✔ |
IPsec | ✘ | ✔ |
ISAPI rewrite | ✘ | ✔ |
Java, Tomcat, .jsp | ✘ | ✔ |
JavaServer Faces (JSF) | ✘ | ✔ |
JavaScript , JSON , JSE | ✔ | ✔ |
JIRA | ✘ | ✔ |
Joomla (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
JRE (Java Runtime Environment), JVM (Java Virtual Machine) | ✘ | ✔ |
Service | Shared/Reseller | Dedicated/VPS |
---|---|---|
Kayako | ✔ | ✔ |
LAME MP3 Encoder | ✘ | ✔ |
LaTeX (but we do not support the binary) | ✔ | ✔ |
LDAP, openLDAP | ✘ | ✔ |
lib_curl | ✔ | ✔ |
Libogg + Libvorbis | ✘ | ✔ |
Live streaming (webcam/radio/video broadcast) | ✘ | ✔ |
Load balancing | ✘ | Contact Us |
Lynx | Contact Us | ✔ |
Magento (requires innoDB) |
✘ | ✔ |
Mail - SmarterMail | ✔ | Contact Us |
Mail - any other MTA (Postfix) | ✘ | ✔ |
Memcached | ✘ | ✔ |
Microsoft Access | ✔ | ✔ |
Microsoft Exchange (no longer Requires AD) | ✘ | ✔ |
Microsoft Maps and related | ✘ | ✘ |
Microsoft Reports | ✘ | ✔ |
Microsoft SQL Server/MSSQL *** (included) |
✔ | ✔ |
Microsoft SQL Server SQLSRV driver for PHP (included) (allows PHP to connect to MS SQL.) | ✔ | ✔ |
Microsoft WebMatrix | ✘ | ✔ |
Midnight Commander | ✘ | ✔ |
MING PHP Module | ✘ | ✔ |
Miva Merchant Empresa | ✘ | ✔ |
mod_deflate, mod_gzip | ✔ | ✔ |
mod_layout | ✘ | ✔ |
mod_mime | ✔ | ✔ |
mod_pagespeed | ✘ | ✔ |
mod_perl, mod_python, mod_sql_auth, mod_ruby | ✘ | ✔ |
mod_rewrite, mod_speling (must enable in .htaccess) |
✔ | ✔ |
mod_security, mod_sec | Contact Us | ✔ |
Mokoala | ✔ | ✔ |
MongoDB | ✘ | ✔ |
Mono | ✘ | ✔ |
Moodle | ✔ | ✔ |
mpeg2enc | ✘ | ✔ |
MPlayer + MEncoder | ✘ | ✔ |
MVC 2, 3, and 4 (for ASP.NET) - FTP option | ✔ | ✔ |
MVC 5 (for ASP.NET) - FTP option | ✔ | ✔ |
MVC (for ASP.NET) - Publish option | ✘ | ✔ |
MVC Microsoft.Owin | ✘ | ✔ |
MySQL 5 (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
MySQL InnoDB | ✘ | ✔ |
MySQLi | ✔ | ✔ |
MySQL Clustering | ✘ | ✔ |
NNTP/Usenet | ✘ | ✔ |
nopCommerce (requires Full Trust) |
✘ | ✔ |
NuSphere PhpExpress | ✘ | ✔ |
Online chat programs | ✔ | ✔ |
Opcode caching modules, XCache, APC (Alternative PHP Cache) | ✘ | ✔ |
openSSL | ✔ | ✔ |
Oracle | ✘ | ✔ |
ParaChat | ✘ | ✔ |
Payment gateway/merchant provider | ✔ | ✔ |
PCI Compliance (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
PCRE Perl Compatible Regular Expressions | ✔ | ✔ |
Persists Software (Persist ASP.image, ASP.Email) | ✘ | ✔ |
PDFlib (requires a commercial license) | ✘ | ✔ |
PDFtk | ✘ | ✔ |
PDO or pdo_mysql | ✔ | ✔ |
Pear MDB2 | Contact Us | Contact Us |
PEAR modules (full list) | ✔ | ✔ |
PennyWize | ✘ | ✔ |
Perl 5, Python 2, CGI, CPAN (all included) | ✘ | ✘ |
Perl DBI Module | ✘ | ✘ |
PHP 5 (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
php iconv | ✔ | ✔ |
PHP and PECL modules (full list) (shell, execute, elevate modules not available on Shared) |
✔ | ✔ |
PHP shell_exec | ✘ | ✔ |
PHP tokenizer | ✔ | ✔ |
PHPArcadeScript , phpas | ✔ | ✔ |
PHPfox | ✔ | ✔ |
PHPmotion | ✘ | ✔ |
PHP Multibyte String | ✔ | ✔ |
phpMyAdmin (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
Plesk | ✔ | ✔ |
Plesk Application Packaging Standard, APS Vault, Application Vault (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
Plesk Custom Themes | ✘ | ✔ |
Podcasting | ✔ | ✔ |
POP3 (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
PostgreSQL, Informix, Sybase Solid, Generic ODBC | ✘ | ✔ |
Postini | ✔ | ✔ |
PrestaShop | ✔ | ✔ |
Python setuptools | ✘ | ✔ |
Python virtualenv | ✘ | ✔ |
QuickBooks | ✘ | ✔ |
Rapid Leech | ✘ | ✔ |
Red5 | ✘ | ✔ |
Reflection Software (ReflectionPermission) | ✘ | ✔ |
Remote Desktop, RDP | ✘ | ✔ |
Report Viewer (requires Full Trust) |
✘ | ✔ |
RoR / Ruby on Rails (included) | ✘ | ✔ |
Round robin DNS | ✘ | ✔ |
RSS feeds | ✔ | ✔ |
Service | Shared/Reseller | Dedicated/VPS |
---|---|---|
Safe Harbor Certification (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
Scheduled tasks | ✔ | ✔ |
SCP, SFTP (requires FileZilla server) | ✘ | ✔ |
Sendgrid SMTP (Sending email via Sendgrid's SMTP servers via script) | ✘ | ✔ |
Server clock adjustments (Other than Central Standard Time (CST) & Central Daylight Saving (CDT)) |
✘ | ✔ |
session_gc, probability, divisor, maxlifetime | ✘ | ✔ |
Shared SSL | ✔ | ✘ |
SharePoint, SharePoint Server (requires a license) | ✘ | ✔ |
Shopping carts | ✔ | ✔ |
shtml, SSI, server-side includes (all included) | ✔ | ✔ |
SHOUTCast, Icecast | ✘ | ✔ |
SimpleXML | ✔ | ✔ |
SmarterMail (included) | ✔ | Contact Us |
SmarterTrack | ✘ | ✔ |
Smarty | ✔ | ✔ |
SMF (Simple Machines Forum) | ✔ | ✔ |
SMTP (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
SOAP | ✔ | ✔ |
SoftArtisans ASP.Upload | ✘ | ✔ |
Softaculous | ✘ | ✘ |
SourceGuardian - decoder only. (Encoding requires purchase and installation.) | ✔ | ✔ |
https://wordpress.org/>SoX | ✔ | ✔ |
SpamAssassin, spamd | ✔ | ✔ |
SQLite | ✔ | ✔ |
SRV record, Service Record | ✔ | ✔ |
SSH2 (included) | ✘ | Contact Us |
Streaming Flash | ✘ | ✔ |
stunnel (SSL wrapper) | ✘ | ✔ |
.svc files (Shared - cannot call Windows functions or services) |
✔ | ✔ |
Subversion SVN Client | ✔ | ✔ |
SVN / CVS Repository | ✘ | ✔ |
SWFTools | ✘ | ✔ |
Tomcat | ✘ | ✔ |
Trac, TracInstall | ✘ | ✔ |
Umbraco | ✔ | ✔ |
URL Rewrite | ✔ | ✔ |
vBulletin | ✔ | ✔ |
Visual Basic Development | ✔ | ✔ |
Visual Studio | ✔ | ✔ |
VNC (You provide installation) | ✘ | ✔ |
Voice servers (TeamSpeak / Ventrillo) | ✘ | ✔ |
VPN / VPS | ✘ | ✘ |
vtiger CRM, SugarCRM (You provide installation and license) |
✔ | ✔ |
WAP | ✔ | ✔ |
Web Presence Builder by Parallels Plesk (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
Webalizer (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
WebDAV Class 1 | ✘ | ✔ |
Webdisk Class 1 | ✘ | ✔ |
WebMail access via SmarterMail (Horde and MailEnable for Dedicated only) | ✔ | ✔ |
WGET | ✘ | ✔ |
Wiki (MediaWiki, PhpWiki, TWiki) | ✔ | ✔ |
Wildcard SSL, multi-domain SSL | ✔ | ✔ |
Windows Server 2008 R2 (included) (R1 no longer available) |
✘ | ✘ |
Windows Server 2012 R2 | ✘ | ✘ |
Windows Server 2016 | ✔ | ✔ |
Woopra | ✔ | ✔ |
WordPress (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
WordPress MU (now incorporated into WordPress 3.0 and above) | ✔ | ✔ |
WSGI, mod_wsgi | ✘ | ✔ |
XAMPP - Windows Dedicated requires self-install of LAMP | ✘ | ✔ |
Xdebug | ✘ | ✔ |
Xen | ✘ | ✔ |
XML, xml-rpc | ✔ | ✔ |
XMPP (Self-installation required.) | ✘ | ✔ |
XOOPS | ✔ | ✔ |
XSitePro | ✔ | ✔ |
XSLT | ✔ | ✔ |
XSSI | ✘ | ✔ |
yamdi | ✘ | ✔ |
yum | ✘ | ✔ |
Zend Core | ✘ | ✔ |
Zend Framework | ✘ | ✔ |
Zend Guard (replaces Optimizer) | ✔ | ✔ |
zip_open | ✔ | ✔ |
zlib compression library | ✔ | ✔ |
Zope/Plone | ✘ | ✔ |
- *Currently, the only executable types available for scheduled tasks on shared hosting are: PHP, Perl, and Python.
- **While IIS is available on shared servers, you will not have access to modify the settings through IIS. Please contact us via phone or chat to request any modifications.
- ***Currently, HostGator does not directly offer MSQQL Licenses for HG Windows dedicated servers. Windows Dedicated Servers come pre-installed with Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Express Edition (which is limited to 10GB database size limit and 1GB of RAM usable by MSSQL). If you have a requirement greater than that offered by the MSSQL Server 2022 Express Edition, then you must purchase an updated license directly from Microsoft.
- ****HostGator only documents Full Text Search, Bulk Insert, dbmail, and Reporting Services as SQL Server features that are not allowed on Shared.