System requirements
Drupal 8 is a PHP-based software application and as such requires the following:
PHP
The following PHP version is required for the installation of Drupal 8:
PHP 5.5.9 or higher
Web server options
One of the following:
Apache
Nginx
Microsoft IIS
Database options
One of the following:
MySQL 5.5.3 or above with PDO
PostgreSQL 3.6.8 or above with PDO
SQLite 3.6.8 or above
MariaDB 5.5.20 (or greater)
Percona Server 5.2.8 (or greater)
Browser options
One of the following:
Internet Explorer 9.x and above
Firefox 5.x and above
Opera 12 and above
Safari 5.x and above
Google Chrome
Up-to-date system requirements can be found at https://drupal.org/requirements.