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Compatible Technologies With HostGator
Below is a list of programs and software for HostGator's Linux 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.
To see what software is provided or available for your HostGator package, see the below article:
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ad serving | ✘ | ✔ |
| Adobe ColdFusion (Installation & configuration not available) |
✘ | ✘ |
| Adobe Media Server (was Flash Media Server) | ✘ | ✔ |
| AdSpy Sites | ✘ | ✘ |
| Ajax | ✔ | ✔ |
| Alias files, aliases | ✔ | ✔ |
| aMember Pro | ✔ | ✔ |
| Amfphp | ✔ | ✔ |
| Apache 2 | ✔ | ✔ |
| Apache Cassandra | ✘ | ✔ |
| Apache Flex | ✘ | ✔ |
| Apple Mail, Mac Mail | ✔ | ✔ |
| apt-get (would require a different OS than we provide) | ✘ | Contact Us |
| Aspell, Pspell | ✔ | ✔ |
| Autossh | ✘ | ✔ |
| AWstats (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| AWstats includes | Contact Us | ✔ |
| browscap, browscap.ini | ✘ | ✔ |
| Bugzilla (Installation & configuration not available) (Snappy VPS 2000 or higher) |
✘ | ✔ |
| Byte Range Requests/Byte Serving | ✔ | ✔ |
| C, C++, GCC, C Compiler | ✘ | ✔ |
| CakePHP | ✔ | ✔ |
| Clam AV | ✘ | Contact Us |
| AlmaLinux (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| CGExtensions | ✔ | ✔ |
| ClipShare/File Sharing | ✘ | ✔ |
| Code signing | ✘ | ✔ |
| Colo, colocation services | ✘ | ✘ |
| Composer (Installation & configuration not available) |
✔ | ✔ |
| Compressed Files (.rar* .zip .tar.gz .bz2) | ✔ | ✔ |
| concrete5 | ✔ | ✔ |
| CouchDB | ✘ | ✔ |
| cPanel | ✔ | ✔ |
| cPanel Pro | ✘ | ✔ |
| cPanel skins - Third party | ✘ | ✔ |
| CRE Loaded Sites | ✔ | ✔ |
| CRE Loader (Not included, but you can install it) |
✔ | ✔ |
| Cron jobs (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Crypt::SSLeay5 | Contact Us | ✔ |
| CS-Cart | ✔ | ✔ |
| cURL, libcurl, PHP/CURL (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Cyberduck FTP | ✔ | ✔ |
| Delavo | ✔ | ✔ |
| Disable open_base dir | ✔ | ✔ |
| Django (shared requires fastcgi) | ✔ | ✔ |
| dl() function | ✘ | ✔ |
| Dolphin 7 (You provide installation and license) |
✘ | ✔ |
| Ray, Orca, & older Dolphin versions (Boonex.com) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Drupal (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| e107 | ✔ | ✔ |
| eAccelerator | ✘ | ✘ |
| eGroupWare | ✔ | ✔ |
| elgg | ✔ | ✔ |
| Email Piping | ✔ | ✔ |
| ExpressionEngine | ✔ | ✔ |
| FastCGI | ✔ | ✔ |
| FFmpeg | ✘ | VPS = ✘ Dedi = ✔ |
| Flash FLV (browsers must have MacroMedia Flash Player installed) |
✔ | ✔ |
| Flv2tool | ✘ | ✔ |
| formail | ✔ | ✔ |
| formmail | ✔ | ✔ |
| fopen | ✔ | ✔ |
| FreeBSD, Ubuntu (all at your own risk) | ✘ | ✔ |
| fsockopen | ✔ | ✔ |
| FXP (File Exchange Protocol) | ✘ | ✔ |
| Game server (We updated the acceptable use policy at the end of 2020) |
✘ | VPS = ✔ Dedi = ✔ |
| GCD (Google Cash Detective) | ✘ | ✘ |
| GD2 Library (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| get, Wget | ✔ | ✔ |
| Ghostscript | ✔ | ✔ |
| Git client | ✔ | ✔ |
| Git server | ✘ | ✔ |
| Gnome/KDE (No support or installation provided; install at your own risk) | ✘ | ✔ |
| GnuPG | ✔ | ✔ |
| Google AdSense & AdWords | ✔ | ✔ |
| G Suite & Email | ✔ | ✔ |
| gzip | ✔ | ✔ |
| HIPAA compliance | ✘ | ✘ |
| HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) | ✔ | ✔ |
| HTTP Digest Authentication | ✘ | ✔ |
| HTTP keep-alive | ✔ | ✔ |
| HTTP streaming (audio/video) | ✔ | ✔ |
| If-Modified-Since HTTP header | ✔ | ✔ |
| ihtml | ✘ | ✔ |
| ImageMagick, Image Magick (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| IMAP | ✔ | ✔ |
| imap_open | ✔ | ✔ |
| innoDB | ✔ | ✔ |
| ionCube Loader, decoder | ✔ | ✔ |
| IPsec | ✘ | VPS = ✘ Dedi = ✔ |
| IRC | ✘ | ✘ |
| Service | Shared/Reseller | Dedicated/VPS |
|---|---|---|
| Java, Tomcat, .jsp | ✘ | ✔ |
| Java virtual machine (JRE, JVM) | ✘ | ✔ |
| JavaServer Faces (JSF) | ✘ | ✔ |
| JavaScript | ✔ | ✔ |
| JIRA | ✘ | ✔ |
| Joomla (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| JSON | ✔ | ✔ |
| Kayako | ✔ | ✔ |
| KVM | ✘ | ✘ |
| LAME MP3 Encoder | ✘ | ✔ |
| Laravel | ✔ | ✔ |
| LaTeX (but we do not support the binary) | ✔ | ✔ |
| LDAP, openldap | ✘ | ✔ |
| lib_curl | ✔ | ✔ |
| libmysqlclient | ✘ | ✔ |
| Libogg + Libvorbis | ✘ | ✔ |
| Live streaming, webcam, radio or video broadcast | ✘ | ✔ |
| Load balancing | ✘ | Contact Us |
| lynx | Contact Us | ✔ |
| Magento | ✔ | ✔ |
| Mail - Exim | ✔ | ✔ |
| Mail - any other MTA (postfix) | ✘ | ✔ |
| memcached (Snappy 2000 VPS or higher) |
✘ | ✔ |
| Midnight Commander, MC | ✘ | ✔ |
| Ming (PHP module) | ✘ | ✔ |
| Miva 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 | ✘ | ✔ |
| Moodle | ✔ | ✔ |
| mpeg2enc | ✘ | ✔ |
| Mplayer + MEncoder | ✘ | ✔ |
| MySQL 8.0 (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| MySQLi | ✔ | ✔ |
| mysqlnd | ✘ | ✔ |
| MySQL Cluster | ✘ | ✔ |
| NNTP/Usenet | ✘ | ✔ |
| Node.js | ✘ | ✔ |
| Nulled scripts (forbidden per our TOS) | ✘ | ✘ |
| NuSphere PhpExpress | ✘ | ✔ |
| OLSB, OLP | ✘ | ✘ |
| Online chat programs | ✔ | ✔ |
| openSSL 0.9.8o | ✔ | ✔ |
| Oracle (not recommended for VPS plans) | ✘ | ✔ |
| ownCloud (against our TOS on shared servers) | ✘ | ✔ |
| paFileDB | ✘ | ✘ |
| ParaChat | ✘ | ✔ |
| Payment gateway/merchant provider | ✔ | ✔ |
| PCI Compliance | ✔ | ✔ |
| PCRE (Perl ✔ Regular Expressions) | ✔ | ✔ |
| PDFlib (requires 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-FPM with Zend OPCache (Snappy 2000 VPS or higher) | ✘ | ✔ |
| PHP iconv | ✔ | ✔ |
| PHP and PECL modules - full list | ✔ | ✔ |
| PHP shell_exec | ✔ | ✔ |
| PHP tokenizer | ✔ | ✔ |
| PHPArcadeScript, phpas | ✔ | ✔ |
| phpFox | ✔ | ✔ |
| PHPmotion | ✘ | ✔ |
| PHP Multibyte String (mbstring) | ✔ | ✔ |
| phpMyAdmin (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Pine (email client) | ✘ | ✔ |
| Plesk | ✘ | ✘ |
| Podcasting | ✔ | ✔ |
| POP3 (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| PostgreSQL, Informix, Sybase Solid, Generic ODBC | ✘ | ✔ |
| PrestaShop | ✔ | ✔ |
| procmail | ✔ | ✘ |
| Proxy servers, socket servers, SOCKS 4, 4a, &5 | ✘ | ✘ |
| Push Button Cash Site | ✘ | ✘ |
| Push Email | ✘ | ✘ |
| Python setuptools | ✔ | ✔ |
| QuickInstall (included) | ✔ | Contact Us |
| Service | Shared/Reseller | Dedicated/VPS |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid Leech | ✘ | ✔ |
| Red5 Media Server | ✘ | ✔ |
| Redis | ✘ | ✔ |
| RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) | ✘ | ✔ |
| Riak | ✘ | ✔ |
| Round Robin DNS | ✘ | ✔ |
| RSS feeds | ✔ | ✔ |
| rsync | ✔ | ✔ |
| Ruby on Rails (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Safe Harbor Certified (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| SCP, SFTP | ✔ | ✔ |
| sem_get | ✘ | ✘ |
| Sendgrid SMTP (Sending email via Sendgrid's SMTP servers via script) (Note: Sendgrid's Web API may work on shared & reseller, but is untested at this time.) |
Contact Us | ✔ |
| Server clock adjustments (other than Central Standard Time [CST] & Central Daylight Saving [CDT]) |
✘ | ✔ |
| Server redundancy | ✘ | ✘ |
| session_gc, probability, divisor, maxlifetime | ✘ | ✔ |
| Shared SSL | ✘ | ✘ |
| Shopping carts | ✔ | ✔ |
| SHTML (SSI-enabled HTML), SSI, server side includes (all included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| ShoutCast, Icecast | ✘ | ✔ |
| SimpleXML | ✔ | ✔ |
| Smarty | ✔ | ✔ |
| SMF (Simple Machines Forum) | ✔ | ✔ |
| SMS Gateway, MMS | ✘ | ✘ |
| SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)(included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| SOAP | ✔ | ✔ |
| Softaculous | ✔ | ✔ |
| SourceGuardian (decoder) | ✔ | ✔ |
| SoX (audio processing) | ✔ | ✔ |
| SpamAssassin, spamd | ✔ | ✔ |
| SQLite | ✔ | ✔ |
| SRV record (Service Record) | ✔ | ✔ |
| SSH2 (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| SSH tunnel | ✘ | ✔ |
| Streaming Flash | ✘ | ✔ |
| Subversion SVN Client | ✔ | ✔ |
| SVN/CVS Repository | ✘ | ✔ |
| SWFTools | ✘ | ✔ |
| tmpfs (configuration requires billing for admin time) | ✘ | ✔ |
| Trac, TracInstall | ✘ | ✔ |
| Urchin Stats (discontinued) | ✘ | ✔ |
| vBulletin | ✔ | ✔ |
| vi (requires SSH) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Vidiscript | ✘ | ✔ |
| VMware (virtualization) | ✘ | ✘ |
| VirtualEnv | ✔ | ✔ |
| VNC (You provide installation) | ✘ | ✔ |
| Voice servers (TeamSpeak/Ventrillo) | ✘ | ✔ |
| VPN/VPS/ Dedi | ✘ | ✘ |
| vtiger CRM, SugarCRM (You provide installation and license) |
✔ | ✔ |
| WAP | ✔ | ✔ |
| Webalizer (included) (Video tutorial) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Webdav (class 1) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Web Disk | ✔ | ✔ |
| WebMail Access: Horde, SquirrelMail, Roundcube (all included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| WHM | ✔ | ✔ |
| Wiki (MediaWiki, PhpWiki, TWiki) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Wildcard SSL, multi-domain SSL | ✔ | ✔ |
| Woopra | ✔ | ✔ |
| WordPress (included) | ✔ | ✔ |
| WordPress MU (now incorporated into WordPress 3.0 and above) | ✔ | ✔ |
| WSGI (Web Server Gateway Interface), mod_wsgi | ✘ | ✔ |
| X Windows (X11) | ✘ | ✘ |
| XAMPP | ✘ | ✔ |
| xdebug | ✘ | ✔ |
| Xen | ✘ | ✔ |
| XML, xml-rpc | ✔ | ✔ |
| XMPP (you provide installation) | ✘ | ✔ |
| XOOPS | ✔ | ✔ |
| XSLT | ✔ | ✔ |
| XSSI (extended server side includes) | ✘ | ✔ |
| yamdi | ✘ | ✔ |
| yum | ✘ | ✔ |
| Zend Core | ✘ | ✔ |
| Zend Framework | ✘ | ✔ |
| Zend Guard (replaces Optimizer) | ✘ | ✔ |
| zip_open | ✔ | ✔ |
| zlib compression library | ✔ | ✔ |
| Zope/Plone | ✘ | ✔ |
Notes:
- This article indicates compatibility. This does nota 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.
- HostGator Cloud Sites are a Shared server platform and are subject to the same compatibility as Shared/Reseller plans.
- Optimized WordPress is only compatible with WordPress technologies and plugins and has no additional external compatibility. For more information on the features included with Optimized WordPress and information about plugins that cannot be used on the service, please refer to the following article:
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