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Does HostGator support what I need?

Here is an extensive list of items that HostGator servers can support (i.e. the servers are capable of running it). This list does not include everything our servers can and cannot support, but does include some of the most popular items out there. Some items listed are included on the server, and some items would need to be provided and installed by you.

Important Notice: This page doesn't mean that we install these programs for free. Some programs on this list are already on the server or can be installed for free, but some of these programs require installation or administrative fees. Feel welcome to email support@hostgator.com about a specific program and possible additional fees. (The best place to find what comes with the plan is to check that section of our website, instead of the knowledge base.)

Note: This page lists popular items that are (or are not) compatible with our servers and specific plans, many of which are developed by third parties. By "supported" or "compatible," we mean it will run on our server. While we strive to assist our customers as much as possible, and can assist you on all server related issues, our technicians may or may not have expertise in many of the third-party items listed on this page. As such, we may not be able to offer you phone, chat or email support for all these items, although we will at least try to point you in the right direction.

Key:
	=	Compatible.
	=	Not compatible.
	=	Only compatible with a Microsoft Windows server.
	=	Only compatible with a Linux server.
	=	A HostGator agent must enable this for you. Please, email support@hostgator.com or contact us via phone or live chat.

Service	Shared/Reseller	Dedicated/VPS
3rd Party cPanel Skins
Ad Server
Adspy Sites
Ajax
Alias files , aliases
aMember Pro
Apache 2
Apache Flex
Apple , iWeb , Mac Mail
APS Valult , Application Vault (included)
apt-get (would require a different OS than we provide)
ASP Classic / Active Server Pages (included) (VBScript and JScript supported)
ASP.Net 1.1 (ASPX) (available only with Server 2003)
ASP.NET 2.0 and 3.5 (ASPX) (included)
ASP.Net 4.0 (ASPX) (included with new plans / Server 2008)
ASP.Net Trust Level	"medium"	"full"
aspell , pspell
Autolearn , autossh
AWstats (included)
AWstats includes
browscap , browscap.ini
C, C++, GCC, C Compiler
C# , C sharp
Cake CakePHP
Clam AV
CentOS 5 (included)
CGExtensions
Clip Share / File Sharing
Code signing
Cold Fusion , coldfusion (You purchase installation and License) Please email sales@hostgator.com for a quote.
Colo, Colocation Services
Compressed Files (.rar* .zip .tar.gz .bz2)
concrete5
cPanel
cPanel Pro
CRE Loaded Sites
CRE Loader (Not Included, but you can install it)
Cron jobs (included)
Crypt SSLeay
CS-Cart
cURL, libcurl, PHP/CURL (included)
Cyberduck FTP
DBI Module
Delavo
dimdim
disabling PHP open_base dir
Django (shared requires fastcgi)
dl() function
DLL , Dynamic-link library
Dolphin 7 (You provide installation and License)
Ray, Orca, & older Dolphin versions (Boonex.com)
DotNet, dot net, .net
DotNetNuke
Drupal (included)
Dundas
e107
eAccelerator
eGroupWare
elgg
emacs , vi (requires SSH)
Email Piping
ExpressionEngine
Fantastico De Luxe
fastCGI
FFmpeg - http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu
Flash FLV (Browsers must have MacroMedia Flash Player Installed)
Flash Media Server FMS
Flash remoting using AMFPHP
Flv2tool - http://inlet-media.de/flvtool2
formail
formmail
fopen
FreeBSD , Debian , Ubuntu (all at your own risk)
FrontPage extensions (included on shared and Linux dedicated; available on Windows Server 2008 R1 upon request)
fsockopen
FXP
Game Server , gaming
GCD Google Cash Detective
GD2 Library (included)
GET, WGET
Ghostscript
Git client
Git server
gnome / kde (You provide installation)
GnuPG
Google Adsense & Adwords
Google Apps & 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
IIS
ImageMagick , Image Magick (included)
IMAP
imap_open
innoDB
ionCube Loader , decoder
IPsec		VPS = Dedi =
IRC
ISAPI rewrite
Java, Tomcat, .jsp
JavaServer Faces (JSF)
javascript , JSON , JSE
JIRA
Joomla (included)
JRE , JVM
Kayako
KVM
LAME MP3 Encoder - http://lame.sourceforge.net
Latex (but we do not support the binary)
LDAP, openldap
lib_curl
Libogg + Libvorbis - http://www.xiph.org/downloads
Live streaming , web cam , radio , tv broadcast
Load Balancing
lynx
Magento
Mail - Exim
Mail - any other MTA (postfix)
memcached (Level 5 VPS or higher)
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Exchange (no longer Requires AD)
Microsoft SQL Server / MSSQL (included)
Microsoft SQL Server SQLSRV driver for PHP (included) (allows PHP to connect to MS SQL.)
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
mokoala
Mono
Moodle
mpeg2enc
Mplayer + MEncoder - http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html
MVC (for ASP.NET) - FTP option
MVC (for ASP.NET) - Publish option
MySQL 5 (included)
MySQLi
MySQL Clustering
nginx
NNTP / Usenet
nulled scripts (forbidden per our TOS)
NuSphere PhpExpress
OLSB , OLP
Online Chat Program
Opcode caching modules , XCache , php APC (might be possible on a VPS 5+)		VPS = Dedi =
openSSL 0.9.8o
Oracle (Oracle is not recommended for VPS plans.)
paFileDB
ParaChat
Payment Gateway / Merchant Provider
PCI Compliance (included)
PCRE Perl Compatible Regular Expressions
PDFlib (requires commercial license)
PDFtk
PDO or pdo_mysql
Pear MDB2
PEAR modules - full list
PennyWize
Perl 5 , Python 2 , CGI , CPAN (all included)
PHP 5 (included)
php iconv
PHP and PECL modules - full list
PHP shell_exec
PHP tokenizer
PHPArcadeScript , phpas
phpFox, php fox
phpmotion, php motion
PHP Multibyte String
phpMyAdmin (included)
Pinemail / Pine Mail
Plesk
podcast
POP3 (included)
PostgreSQL, Informix, Sybase Solid, Generic ODBC
postini
PrestaShop
procmail
Proxy Server, Socket Server, SOCKS 4, 4a, &5
Push Email
QuickBooks
QuickInstall (included)
Rapid Leech, rapidshare
Red5
Remote Desktop , RDP
RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux
RoR / Ruby on Rails (included)
Round Robin DNS
RSS Feeds
rsync
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.)
Server Clock Adjustments (other than Central Standard Time CST & Central Daylight Saving CDT)
Server Redundancy
session_gc, probability, divisor, maxlifetime
SetupTools
shared SSL
sharepoint , share point server (requires license)
Shopping Carts
shtml , SSI , server side includes (all included)
ShoutCast , Icecast
SimpleXML
Site Builder by Parallels Plesk (included per request)
Site Studio , SiteStudio (no longer available, but existing accounts still work.)
Smarter Bundle, SmarterBundle (included)
Smarter Mail , SmarterMail (included)
Smarty
SMF Forum Boards
SMS Gateway , MMS
SMTP (included)
SOAP php
SourceGuardian decoder
SoX
SpamAssassin , spamd
SQLite
SRV record , Service Record
SSH2 (included)
SSH Tunnel
SSL Wrapper stunnel
streaming Flash
Subversion SVN Client
SVN / CVS Repository
SWFTOOLS , swf tools
Tom Cat
tmpfs (configuration requires bill for admin time)
Trac , TracInstall
Urchin Stats (please include your root pw in the ticket)
vBulletin
vBSEO
Vidscript
Virtual Machine vmware
Visual Basic Development
Visual Studio
VirtualEnv
VNC (You provide installation)
Voice Servers (TeamSpeak / Ventrillo)
VPN / VPS		VPS = Dedi =
vTiger CRM , sugar CRM (You provide installation and License)
WAP
Webalizer (included)
Webdav Class 1
Webdisk Class 1
WebMail Access: Horde, SquirrelMail, RoundCube (all included)
WHM
Wiki ( MediaWiki , PhpWiki , TWiki )
wildcard SSL , multi-domain SSL
Windows Server 2008 R2 (included) (R1 available upon request)
Windows Server 2003
Woopra
WordPress (included)
WordPress MU
WSGI , mod_wsgi
X Windows
XAMPP (Linux already has LAMP, so this shouldn't be needed. Windows dedi can install this for yourself.)
xdebug
Xen
XML , xml-rpc
XMPP (You provide installation)
Xoops
XSitePro (http://www.xsitepro.com/)
xslt
XSSI (extended server side includes)
Yamdi
Yum
Zend Core
Zend Framework
Zend Optimizer 3.3.9
zip_open
zlib compression Library
Zope / Plone

If you are wondering about a program or software that is not listed here, feel welcome to email support@hostgator.com and ask us directly.

Article Comments

Iván Torres

Is expected to support LDAP/openldap services in the future?

Posted: September 14, 2009

HostGator

If cPanel ever adds support for it, then yes.

Posted: September 14, 2009

Fred

General question/comment:
How about making the support center pages printer friendly (or add it as an option)? When I try to print this page, for example, the output is truncated to one page: Ajax is the last row printed.

Posted: October 7, 2009

HostGator

You can select the text and choose to print the selection. Works very well.

Posted: October 7, 2009

jon

what about a third-party web design?

Posted: October 8, 2009

HostGator

You will need to check the third-party website.

It might indicate, "You must buy our hosting in order to publish the website."

Otherwise, it should say, "Works with any hosting."

Posted: October 8, 2009

David Grooms

do pay pals buttons, carts, etc. work ok here?

Posted: December 4, 2009

HostGator

Absolutely. They work with any type of hosting we offer.

Posted: December 4, 2009

Frank

why is eAccelerator disabled on shared/reseller hosts?

"Quote>
eAccelerator is a free open-source PHP accelerator, optimizer, and dynamic content cache. It increases the performance of PHP scripts by caching them in their compiled state, so that the overhead of compiling is almost completely eliminated. It also optimizes scripts to speed up their execution. eAccelerator typically reduces server load and increases the speed of your PHP code by 1-10 times.

if i understand this right eAccelerator will only increase performance and decrease serverload?

thanks

Posted: December 29, 2009

HostGator

Sounds great; however, eAccelerator is not compatible with SuPHP. This means that an environment with eAccelerator is less secure than HostGator's environment.

You can move to dedicated or VPS and choose an environment without SuPHP / PHPsuExec.

Posted: December 29, 2009

Tom

Why is mod_deflate not supported by shared hosting plans? Will it ever be in the future?

Thanks!

Posted: January 11, 2010

HostGator

Mod_deflate is too resource intensive.

Instead, consider database optimization and more efficient script coding to reduce page size and reuse components across pages.

Posted: January 11, 2010

Vlad

Can I install Magento ver 1.3.2.4 in one of your Shared Servers, with no problems or extra payments?

Posted: January 28, 2010

HostGator

On shared servers, you may not install newer versions of server-side programs; you must use the environment provided.

Posted: January 29, 2010

bletch

Can I run a perl "SETUID" script (i.e. add "#!/usr/bin/perl -U" as first line of perl script and then chmod 4755 the srcipt to allow it to run as my user?)

Posted: February 12, 2010

HostGator

No, Perl scripts will run as 'nobody' unless they are executed via a cron job or shell (SSH).

Posted: February 12, 2010

Tania

Can I install MindTouch Wiki on shared host?

Thanks!

Posted: March 4, 2010

HostGator

It currently requires Mono 1.9, so yes you can install that wiki on a VPS or dedicated server.

You cannot install that wiki on shared or reseller plans.

Posted: March 4, 2010

Tom

It seems that although InnoDB is enabled, table linking (General relation features) is disabled. Are there any plans to enable this on shared servers?

Posted: March 21, 2010

HostGator

This is true, and there are no plans to enable it at this time.

Posted: March 22, 2010

Chip

Do you know of anyone run the MODx CMS on any of your reseller accounts? I have a client that is interested in moving their site to my reseller account, but I'm not certain it meets the MODx requirement. If you're unfamilar with MODx, it's requirements can be found here:

http://modxcms.com/learn/general-requirements.html

Posted: March 31, 2010

HostGator

Yes, all of our shared and reseller servers meet those requirements.

Posted: April 5, 2010

Juris

Is it possible to install Turbo Gears environment for the Hatchling plan?

Posted: April 24, 2010

HostGator

Because of the GCC requirement, this can only be supported on a VPS or dedicated server.

Posted: April 26, 2010

Steve

What level of VPS would it be necessary to opt for, in order to get a noticeable increase in website performance (site load times), compared to your standard or reseller hosting packages..?

Posted: May 20, 2010

HostGator

VPS does not necessarily have more resources. Even though the hardware node is very powerful, your VPS container will only be as fast as the package you purchase.

If you are concerned with better server performance for large content and heavy traffic, you need to purchase a dedicated server. A comparable server to our shared servers would be our Pro server.

Posted: May 21, 2010

Kevin

What about Wowza media server?

And you mention Adobe Flash Media Server. What about Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server?

Thanks

Posted: August 10, 2010

HostGator

Yes, there are very few limitations on a dedicated server. So, as long as you are not hacking, spamming, dealing with money exchange, or spreading hate, then you are allowed.

Both of those programs do require dedicated servers. Just check the server requirements on the developer's page. (Google search "wowza media server requirements".)

Posted: August 10, 2010

Jada

I have my own software for web building. Web Easy Professional 8. Will I be able to upload my web page to host gator easily? Also, I am selling ebooks, will hostgator send the download to my customers after they have purchased my books through paypal? If so, what should my IPN be?

Posted: August 30, 2010

HostGator

Yes. Almost any web design tool made to publish HTML to a third party host will work with HostGator.

We do not offer a service to send your customers content after they pay you. You need to design your website to handle that function.

Posted: August 30, 2010

Tony

Do you allow module and plugin installations in Moodle?

Posted: September 11, 2010

HostGator

Typically, modules and plugins should be no problem. If you have something specific in mind, please email sales@hostgator.com for confirmation.

Posted: September 13, 2010

Morpheus

Will HostGator ever have support for hosting Git repositories in shared hosting accounts?

Posted: September 20, 2010

HostGator

No, not that I can foresee.

A repository is a data storage device. We do not allow shared servers to be used for data storage. Thus, you will require a VPS or dedicated server to store that data.

Posted: September 20, 2010

Corey

Is it possible to host a Skulltag server on a shared hosting plan? It's a super-lightweight. It's a very small doom server made for having just a few people connect to.

Posted: October 5, 2010

HostGator

We do not allow any gaming servers on a shared server.

You will need a VPS or dedicated server plan.

Posted: October 7, 2010

John Biss

Can you support Tomcat 6?

Posted: October 12, 2010

HostGator

We do not support its use, but it is compatible. Considering you can only install Tomcat on a VPS or Dedicated server, then you can have any version you want.

Posted: October 15, 2010

chaaban

why ssh tunneling is not active for shared accounts ??

Posted: October 19, 2010

HostGator

Unfortunately, allowing SSH tunneling through our servers opens our network up to some considerable risks. First, it allows for tunneling of non http/ssh traffic through our network, which could be used for illegitimate purposes. Additionally, it provides opportunity for our network to be used to launch attacks or be used in a hop for other illegitimate or illegal purposes. Unfortunately we are not willing to assume these risks, and therefore leave the service disabled.

Posted: October 19, 2010

Dave

PHP apc seems to be the only way to create a progress bar for uploads. What is the reason it is not available for shared servers?

Posted: October 22, 2010

HostGator

It is not compatible with our suPHP environment, which is required on shared and reseller accounts.

APC is still a good way to reduce CPU usage on a VPS or dedicated server, if you opt to not use suPHP.

Posted: October 25, 2010

cliff

When I try to download the web disk, I don't see the choice for my windows OS. I have windows 7 and the choices are, windows 98, 2000, 2003, XP, and Vista. Will it work with my OS?

Posted: October 29, 2010

HostGator

You will find the answer in the "Accessing Web Disk" article.

http://support.hostgator.com/articles/cpanel/accessing-web-disk

Posted: October 29, 2010

madmanjohn

....The one thing I cannot find a definite explanation of or a "how to do" of is regarding mp3 players. I am using web easy pro as my 3rd party software as I am not well versed in webcode of any kind. One of the resons we have opted to go with self hosting is we have a fansite that was previously on facebook. We had recordings from our shows there and it was a great traffic builder. Facebook is havoing several issues with thier media player and it no longer works the same so we wanted to do the same thiing here. Problem is there is no way to predict the useage at any given moment so if a sudden cpu spike exists does that automatically canel us or shut our site down? and also. why does it claim unlmited storage if there is a 20 gb limit?

Posted: November 1, 2010

HostGator

You will not get shut down for a CPU spike; we allow shared server users to exceed 25% of the server's resources for up to 90 seconds.

You do get unlimited storage; the 20 GB limit only applies to our courtesy backup services.

Posted: November 5, 2010

mariana

can I work with Windows 7? is it close enough to windows vista?

Posted: November 6, 2010

HostGator

It does not matter what you have on your home computer. Anyone can use HostGator hosting.

Posted: November 12, 2010

Jenn

I currently am on another hosting service, and have run into a snafu. With their website building software, I cannot put videos on UNLESS they are done so through youTube. I want a short video (2 minutes) to run when the home page is loaded. Can this be done and what software or kinds of video does hostgator accept?

Posted: November 20, 2010

HostGator

Yes, we allow you to upload and embed any video type you want.

You can evoke any media player you want on your site. Video and audio content is the same as all other static content; everything depends on the visitors browser and what media players they have installed.

Posted: November 24, 2010

Awan

Do you provide clustering for Linux servers??

Posted: December 1, 2010

HostGator

We can offer clustering. Please email sales@hostgator.com with a list of your needs, and we will suggest the correct server configuration.

Posted: December 1, 2010

rodrigo

can I deploy on a VPS a .war file and will tomcat get the paths as in war file? meaning no need for strugling with relative paths within the java project?

Posted: December 14, 2010

HostGator

Java/Tomcat users seem to agree that you should have relative paths in the configuration.

Posted: December 15, 2010

Akshay Bansal

Do you all the requirements listed on the following site.
http://www.phpfox.com/requirements
All requirements must be supported including optional server requirements listed on the above site so that I can start hosting my site with you.
If you complete all the requirements then I will open a dedicated hosting account with you.
Please reply fast.
I will be checking everyday for your reply.

Posted: March 2, 2011

HostGator

All of our hosting plans are compatible with phpFox and the modules, except the video module will require a VPS or Dedicated Server.

Posted: March 2, 2011

Leonie

are your hosting plans compatible with XCart?

Posted: April 14, 2011

HostGator

Yes, we are compatible with almost all shopping carts.

Posted: May 8, 2011

Ashantyk

browscap (browscap.ini) can be used on share hosting... i set up the browscap.ini in my php.ini and it worked...

Posted: September 27, 2011

Ashantyk

cURL, libcurl, PHP/CURL are already set on shared hosting. no need for an hostgator assistant as specified above.

Posted: September 27, 2011

Zhiqiang Ma

Great information. Only disappointed by that the APC is not supported.

Posted: November 3, 2011

sugarCRM Integration

Great article. Thanks for posting.

Posted: December 21, 2011

Lars Nielsen

Thanks a lot for this list - as soon as my subscription to my other host provide run out I will switch to hostgator

Posted: April 14, 2012

HostGator

Thank you for your comments. Just a quick reminder that the comments on this page are not monitored by technical support staff, and that for support issues, it is best to contact us by live chat, phone or email so we can assist you right away.

Although comments are not monitored by technical support staff, they are moderated and read by technical writers. Comments will need to be approved by a moderator before appearing.

Our technical writers do read the comments periodically for the purposes of updating the articles, and do appreciate your feedback, suggestions and corrections to the articles themselves, as well as any suggestions or tips for readers of this article. However, support questions posted here are not guaranteed to be replied to in a timely manner or at all. For support issues, it is best to contact our support staff instead by live chat, email or phone.

Posted: December 13, 2011 (Global Reply)

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