This is a short list of supported software, scripts, and extensions; this is not a total list as requirements frequently change between software versions.
Last Updated: May 11, 2026
Common Hosting Technologies & Services
| Software | EcoSite | Reseller | VPS |
| cPanel/WHM | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HTML/HTM/SHTML | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GET (HTTP) & POST (HTTP) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PHP | Yes(PHP 5.2->8.5) | Yes(PHP 5.2->8.5) | Yes(PHP 8.0 ? 8.4) (PHP 7.2 ? 7.4 requires Almalinux 8.x) |
| Opcache/apcu | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ioncube | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SourceGuardian/Zend Loader | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MySQL Databases | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MySQL Server (8.0) | No(MariaDB) | No(MariaDB) | No (Requires reinstallation of VPS) |
| MariaDB Server | Yes (11.4.10-MariaDB) | Yes (11.4.10-MariaDB) | Yes (11.4.10-MariaDB) |
| MySQL Remote Connections | Yes | Yes | Yes* |
| MySQL User Connections | 200(Lite/Pro) 500 (Premium) | 200 | 200(adjustable) |
| SQLite3 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PostgreSQL | No | No | Yes** (version 9.6) |
| Operating System | CloudLinux 8 | CloudLinux 8 | AlmaLinux 9 |
| CloudLinux | Yes(CloudLinux 8) | Yes(CloudLinux 8) | No |
| Ubuntu/Debian/Archlinux | No | No | No |
| Microsoft Windows | No | No | No |
| ASP/ASPX/.Net | No | No | No |
| IIS Server | No | No | No |
| MS SQL(SQL Server) | No | No | No |
| ODBC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MS Access | No | No | No |
| CDN – CloudFlare | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CDN – Quic.cloud | Yes | Yes | No |
| WAF – Securi | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IPv4 Addresses | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IPv6 Addresses | No | No | No |
| Private Nameservers | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SSH | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| “root” SSH | No | No | Yes |
| rsync | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SCP | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SFTP | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Git | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SVN | No | No | Yes* |
| curl | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| wget | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ruby on Rails | Yes (premium only) | No | Yes** |
| JAVA/Tomcat | No | No | Yes** |
| NodeJS/npm/yarn | Yes (premium only) | No | Yes** |
| Python (2.7) | Yes (no web apps) | Yes (no web apps) | Yes |
| Python (3.x) | No | No | Yes** |
| Python pip | No | Yes | Yes |
| Object Caching | Yes (ecosite prem) | No | Yes** |
| Memcached | No | No | Yes** |
| Redis | Yes (Ecosite Prem) | No | Yes** |
| Adobe ColdFusion | No | No | No |
| CGI/Perl | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Apache Solr | No | No | Yes** |
| FFmpeg | No | No | No |
| Adobe Flash(.flv) | Yes(may not be supported in browser) | Yes(may not be supported in browser) | Yes(may not be supported in browser) |
| Composer(PHP) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PHP Pear | No | No | Yes |
| PHP PECL | No | No | Yes |
| Drush | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* |
| WP-CLI | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WordPress Toolkit | No | No | Yes* |
| Softaculous | Yes | Yes | Yes* |
| Remote Desktop/VNC/RDP | No | No | No |
| VPN/Proxy(TUN/TAP) | No | No | No |
| Microsoft Frontpage | HTML only(FP extensions disabled) | HTML only(FP extensions disabled) | HTML only(FP extensions disabled) |
| Cronjobs | Yes(up to every 15 min) | Yes(up to every 15 min) | Yes(up to every 1 min) |
| Apache SpamAssassin | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BoxTrapper | No | No | Yes* |
| ElasticSearch | No | No | Yes** |
| MongoDB | No | No | Yes** |
| Varnish | No | No | No |
| Docker | No | No | No |
| Mailman (2.1) (Mailing List) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mailman (3+) (Mailing List) | No | No | Yes** |
| yum | No | No | Yes |
| .rpm Package | No | No | Yes |
| apt | No | No | No |
| .deb Package | No | No | No |
| PHP mail() | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Kernel Modules | No (Kernel is shared) | No (Kernel is shared) | No (Kernel is shared) |
| FUSE | No | No | No |
| SSH-FS | No | No | No |
- = Disabled by default, can be enabled
** = Requires additional configuration by the user
Backup Management
| Software | EcoSite | Reseller | VPS |
| User-created cPanel backups | Yes(up to 10GB) | Yes(up to 10GB) | Yes |
| Automatic cPanel backups | No | No | Yes(Daily)** |
| Jet Backup | Yes(Pro/Preimum) | No | Yes*(requires license) |
| Google Drive | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BackBlaze | No | No | Yes** |
| Amazon S3 | No | No | Yes* |
| Softaculous Backups | Yes(limit 3) | Yes(limit 3) | Yes* |
| Acronis | No | No | Yes*(requires license) |
- = Disabled by default, can be enabled
** = Requires additional configuration by the user
PHP Versions & Extensions
Refer to Supported PHP Versions & Extensions
HTTP (Apache / Litespeed)
| Software | EcoSite | Reseller | VPS |
| Apache 2.4 | No(uses Litespeed) | No(uses Litespeed) | Yes |
| Litespeed(Apache replacement) | Yes | Yes | Yes(requires own litespeed license)** |
| Nginx(Apache front-end) | No | No | Yes* |
| SSL v2/3 | No | No | Yes* |
| TLS 1.0/1.1 | No | No | Yes* |
| TLS 1.2/1.3 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HTTP2 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HTTP3/QUIC | Yes | Yes | Yes(requires own litespeed license)** |
| Litespeed – LS Cache | Yes | Yes | Yes(requires own litespeed license)** |
| Litespeed – Litemage(Magento) | EcoSite Premium only | No | Yes(requires own litespeed license)** |
| Litespeed – Crawler | Yes | Yes | Yes(requires own litespeed license)** |
| Litespeed – ESI | EcoSite Premium only | No | Yes(requires own litespeed license)** |
| mod_rewrite | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| mod_expires | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| mod_deflate (gzip) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| mod_brotoli (compression) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| mod_speling | No | No | No |
| mod_http2 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
- = Disabled by default, can be enabled
DNS Records & Features
| Feature | EcoSite/Reseller | VPS |
| A record | Yes | Yes |
| AAAA record | Yes | Yes |
| MX record | Yes | Yes |
| CNAME | Yes | Yes |
| CAA record | Yes | Yes |
| DMARC | Yes | Yes |
| TXT record | Yes | Yes |
| SRV record | Yes | Yes |
| Private Nameservers | Yes | Yes |
| DNSSEC | Yes | Yes |
| DNS cluster | Yes | Yes(requires additional VPS) |
PHP Versions & Extensions
Refer to – Supported PHP Versions & Extensions
Email Accounts
| Software | EcoSite/Reseller | VPS |
| POP3(SSL/TLS required) | Yes | Yes |
| IMAP(SSL/TLS required) | Yes | Yes |
| SMTP(SSL/TLS required) | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Exchange(client) | No | Yes* |
| ActiveSync | No | Yes* |
| Email Forwarding | Yes(remote destinations restricted) | Yes |
| Catch-all email account | Yes* | Yes* |
| Autoresponder | Yes | Yes |
| Shared Contact Book | Yes | Yes* |
| Shared Calendars | Yes | Yes* |
| SPF | Yes | Yes |
| DKIM | Yes | Yes |
| DMARC | Yes | Yes |
| GPG Encryption | Yes | Yes |
| SpamAssassin | Yes | Yes |
| BoxTrapper | No | Yes* |
| Global filtering rules | Yes | Yes |
| Email-account filtering rules | Yes | Yes |
| Email Attachments Size | 50MB(fixed) | 50MB(adjustable) |
- = Disabled by default, can be enabled
All email connections require secure authentication & ports(SSL/TLS). Use mail sub-domain for the incoming/outgoing server address.
SSL Certificates
| SSL Certificate Type | EcoSite | Reseller | VPS |
| LetsEncrypt (wildcard) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| LetsEncrypt (single domain) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AlphaSSL (wildcard) | Yes | Yes | Yes*(requires manual install) |
| AutoSSL(issued by cPanel) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
VPS customers cannot install an SSL from the dashboard; instead, this is handled from SSL/TLS Status in cPanel or AutoSSL tool in WHM. Contact Support Team for assistance.
Supported Scripts
| Software | EcoSite | Reseller | VPS |
| WordPress | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Joomla | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Drupal | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| React/Next.js/NodeJS App Deployment*** | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Prestashop | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OsCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Opencart | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Magento ( <2.4) | Yes* (Pro suggested) | Yes* (Pro suggested) | Yes |
| Magento 2.4+(requires elasticsearch) | No | No | Yes** |
| WHMCS | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ClientExec | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Blesta | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PHPBB | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Invision Community/Board | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VBulletin | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| XenForo | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Simple Machines Forum(SMF) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OwnCloud | No | No | Yes |
| Django/Flask/CherryPY | No | No | Yes** |
| Mediawiki | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CiviCRM | Yes * (Pro suggested) | Yes * (Pro suggested) | Yes |
| Dreamweaver/Rapidweaver | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CodeIgniter | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Yii PHP | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CakePHP | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Laravel | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mastodon | No | No | No |
| Moodle | Yes * (Pro suggested) | Yes * (Pro suggested) | Yes |
| PHPMailer | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| LimeSurvey | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shoutcast/Icecast | No | No | Yes** |
| Video Chat/Video Conference | No | No | Yes** |
| ZenCart | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OrangeHRM | Yes | Yes | Yes |
- = These are resource-heavy scripts for which we recommend at least EcoSite Pro.
** = Requires additional configuration
*** = NodeJS Applications that are already “built” are static HTML/JS/CSS files, which can be deployed on any GreenGeeks service. To build a React, Next.js, or other NodeJS application directly on the GreenGeeks server using npm or yarn requires NodeJS support(EcoSite Premium).