> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://playground.e107sk.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://playground.e107sk.com/race-timing-suite/getting-started/requirements.md).

# Requirements

## What you need

|                     |                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **e107**            | 2.4.x. Most plugins declare compatibility 2.4; three declare 2.3.                                                                                               |
| **PHP**             | 7.x or 8.x. The code avoids PHP 8-only syntax.                                                                                                                  |
| **MySQL / MariaDB** | Tables use InnoDB.                                                                                                                                              |
| **A theme**         | The suite was developed against the **Artemis** theme. It is not theme-specific, but full support for other themes was never a goal — expect to touch some CSS. |

## e107 Lite or upstream e107?

The suite was **developed and tested on** [**e107 Lite 2.4.x**](https://github.com/Jimmi08/e107-2.4.x-Lite), a lighter fork of e107.

It is built against **upstream e107 2.4.0** and there is no technical reason it should not run there — but it has **never been tested on upstream**. If you run it on upstream e107 and hit a problem, please [report it](/race-timing-suite/reference/contributing.md); that is how it gets fixed.

**Two things look different on e107 Lite**, so do not be surprised if your screen does not match a screenshot:

### The admin dashboard

e107 Lite uses its **own backend theme**. The admin area is laid out differently from upstream e107. Nothing about the suite depends on this — the same screens are there, they just look different.

### The order of plugins in the admin menu

Each plugin of the suite declares an `order` in its `plugin.xml`, so that the admin menu lists them in a sensible sequence:

| Order | Plugin      |
| ----- | ----------- |
| 10    | raceevent   |
| 15    | racetrack   |
| 20    | racers      |
| 30    | racerfid    |
| 35    | racetiming  |
| 40    | racereports |
| 50    | terminovka  |

**e107 Lite honours that order. Upstream e107 does not** — it sorts plugins alphabetically, so on upstream you will find them scattered through the menu. Everything still works; only the order differs.

## Languages

The suite ships with **English**, **Slovak** and **Italian**. English is the canonical set; the other languages fall back to it for any string they do not translate.

`terminovka` has English and Slovak only.

See [Languages and translations](/race-timing-suite/reference/languages.md).

## What you do NOT need

* **No external service.** The suite runs entirely on your own site.
* **No RFID system.** Times can be entered by hand. RFID is optional.
* **No account for anyone.** Competitors do not register on your website; marshals do not log in.