CiviCRM Documentation

• User and administrator guide — the community book on CiviCRM! You can read it online for free or support this project by ordering a hard copy.
• Developer Guide — A great overview of techniques for customizing, extending and debugging CiviCRM.
• Using CiviCRM — the commercial book on CiviCRM! You can support this project by ordering a hardcopy or an e-book.

• Getting Started — Resources for learning about and evaluating CiviCRM for your organisation.
• Database Planning — Plan how you'll use CiviCRM. Don't skip this step!
• Installation and Upgrade Guides — Everything you need to know about installing and upgrading CiviCRM.
• Administration and Setup — Administrators Guide to CiviCRM, including post-installation setup tasks.
• Frequently Asked Questions — See answers to most commonly asked questions.
• Glossary — Difficult acronyms or words? Check out detailed explanations on them!

• How to Get Help and Help Others — CiviCRM is an Free/Open Source project. Get information on how to get help when you need it and how you can help others.

• Develop and Customize CiviCRM — We are working hard on making our software extensible and easy to customise. See information on how to create your own additions to CiviCRM.

• Documentation Style Guide
• Documentation Maintainers
• Documentation Credits
• Supporters and Contributors
• Recently Updated Pages

Get to know about it!

New to CiviCRM? Read Getting Started page.

Try it!

Check out demo installation of CiviCRM 3.4 / 4.0 running with: Drupal and Joomla.

Download!

Newest package is available on our downloads page. Be sure and download the correct version for your CMS (Drupal or Joomla).

Useful Shortcuts

If you are installing CiviCRM from scratch, follow below instructions:

• Drupal Installation for 3.4
• Joomla Installation for 3.4
• Drupal Installation for 4.0
• Joomla Installation for 4.0

If you are upgrading an existing site (working with a copy of the site, of course), we have provided a database upgrade script. Instructions for upgrading are here:

• Drupal Upgrade for 3.4
• Joomla Upgrade for 3.4
• Drupal Upgrade for 4.0
• Joomla Upgrade for 4.0

Technical Requirements

CiviCRM is a web-based solution that runs locally on a web server or on a virtual server provided by a hosting service. Installs on local machines should consider using the XAMPP/WAMP stacks which almost painlessly installs Apache/PHP/MySQL.

• Apache 2.x
• PHP 5.2.x
• MySQL 5.x with INNODB enabled

CiviCRM 3.4

• Drupal 6.x
• Joomla 1.5.x

CiviCRM 4.0

• Drupal 7.x
• Joomla 1.6.x