node.js
Node.js is essentially a JavaScript environment used for building fast, scalable network applications. This platform uses an event-driven, non-blocking Input/Output model that makes it lightweight and efficient.
HostGator can install node.js and npm modules on your behalf if you have a VPS package or a Dedicated Server package. To request the installation of node.js and npm modules, or if you have any concerns regarding your node.js version, please submit a ticket to our Support.
HostGator can install node.js and npm modules on your behalf if you have a VPS package or a Dedicated Server package. To request the installation of node.js and npm modules, or if you have any concerns regarding your node.js version, please submit a ticket to our Support.
Note: Node.js cannot be installed on Shared or Reseller hosting packages. Unfortunately, we are unable to support script-specific issues and code manipulation.http://support.hostgator.com/articles/specialized-help/technical/node-js
Compatible Technologies
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 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.
This list does not include everything our servers can and cannot support, but it does include 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.
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 or create a ticket to inquire about installing a specific program and possible additional fees.
Key:
 | = | Compatible |
 | = | Not compatible |
 | = | A HostGator agent must enable this for you. Please submit a ticket orcontact us via phone or live chat. |
| 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) | | |
| Aspell, Pspell | | |
| Autossh | | |
| AWstats (included) | | |
| AWstats includes | | |
| 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 | | |
| CentOS 6.4 (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 | | |
| 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 | | |
| Emacs (requires SSH) | | |
| 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 | | VPS = Dedi = |
| 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 | | |
| ImageMagick, Image Magick (included) | | |
| IMAP | | |
| imap_open | | |
| innoDB | | |
| ionCube Loader, decoder | | |
| IPsec | | VPS = Dedi = |
| IRC | | |
| 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 | | |
| Libogg + Libvorbis | | |
| Live streaming, webcam, radio or video broadcast | | |
| Load balancing | | |
| lynx | | |
| 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 | | |
| Mokoala | | |
| MongoDB | | |
| Mono | | |
| Moodle | | |
| mpeg2enc | | |
| Mplayer + MEncoder | | |
| MySQL 5 (included) | | |
| MySQLi | | |
| MySQL Cluster | | |
| NNTP/Usenet | | |
| Node.js | | |
| Nulled scripts (forbidden per our TOS) | | |
| NuSphere PhpExpress | | |
| OLSB, OLP | | |
| Online chat programs | | |
| OPCache, Opcode caching modules, XCache, php APC (might be possible on a Snappy 2000 VPS or higher) | | VPS = Dedi = |
| openSSL 0.9.8o | | |
| Oracle (not recommended for VPS plans) | | |
| paFileDB | | |
| ParaChat | | |
| Payment gateway/merchant provider | | |
| PCI Compliance | | |
| 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) | | |
| Perl DBI module | | |
| PHP 5 (included) | | |
| 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) | | |
| 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.) | | |
| 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 | | |
| SiteBuilder by Parallels Plesk (available by request) | Shared = Reseller = | |
| SiteStudio (no longer available, but existing accounts still work.) | | |
| 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 | | 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 | | |
| XSitePro | | |
| XSLT | | |
| XSSI (extended server side includes) | | |
| yamdi | | |
| yum | | |
| Zend Core | | |
| Zend Framework | | |
| Zend Guard (replaces Optimizer) | | |
| zip_open | | |
| zlib compression library | | |
| Zope/Plone | | |
If you are interested in a program or software that is not listed here, feel free to create a ticket and we will assess your request and reply as soon as possible.
