GemsTracker is built in PHP 5.3 on top of the Zend Framework and uses MySQL 5. The development team runs the software on both Windows and Unix systems using both Apache 2 and IIS 7 as servers. Additional web publication environments that support PHP 5.3 and MySQL should work, but we have not tested them so you are on your own.

To use GemsTracker you need:

• a working Webserver (Apache or IIS)
• PHP 5.3 or higher
• Zend Framework 1.11 or higher
• access to a database on a MySQL server version 5 or higher
• (optionally) a LimeSurvey 1.90 or higher installation

GemsTracker is built for plug-in survey engines, but the only survey engine currently available in open source is Lime Survey. At least one other survey system has been implemented but it is not available in open source.