Installing Joomla 4 and the QuickStart package requires a server (Linux / Apache), but it can be installed also locally on your computer with WAMP/JAMP/XAMPP/MAMP software. Please make sure your system meets the following requirements:
- PHP 8.0, PHP 8.1+
- PHP: memory_limit: 256 MB or 512M or higher
- PHP: post_max_size: 128M or higher
- PHP: upload_max_filesize: 30M or higher (but do not set unlimited value "-1")
- PHP: max_execution_time = 300 (or more is suggested)
- MySQL 8+ or MariaDB 10+
- cURL library - your server must work with curl or url_fopen.
- OpenSSL Libraries - must be enabled.
- PHP file_get_contents() function - must be available/unlocked.
Note: Support for PHP 7 ended (!). Change the PHP version from cPanel or change the hosting company.
* Those values can be changed in php.ini or .htaccess file. Please contact your web hosting service provider to ask them where/how to change PHP settings.
In addition, some features of the modules and components** used in a template may require:
- GD library support
- cURL library support
- Support for mb_* functions in PHP to use multibyte strings
**More information you can find inside SP Page Builder documentation.
Remember to restart Apache (localhost only) after configuration changes.
Browsers support
Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Brave, Opera, Edge (Chromium-based), and Dissenter
- Design support for Edge (old version) may be limited in certain areas. Please update to a new version.
- Design support for IE11 and IE10 is limited in certain areas. Please update to Edge (based on Chromium) or use custom CSS IE Hacks if necessary.
Notice: Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or technical support for Internet Explorer 11.