## Requirements
-BookStack has the following requirements:
+BookStack has the following core requirements:
* **PHP** >= 8.1
* For installation and maintenance, you'll need to be able to run `php` from the command line.
- * Required Extensions: OpenSSL, PDO (nd_pdo_mysql), MBstring, iconv, Tokenizer, GD, MySQL, SimpleXML & DOM.
- * Optional Extensions: LDAP *(If wanting to use LDAP Auth)*.
+ * Required Extensions: gd, dom, iconv, mbstring, mysqlnd, openssl, pdo, pdo_mysql, tokenizer, xml.
+ * Optional Extensions: ldap *(If wanting to use LDAP Auth)*.
+ * *For PHP MySQL extensions use `nd` (Native Driver) variants where provided, otherwise these may be the default provided in modern `mysql` PHP extension packages.*
* **MySQL** >= 5.7 or **MariaDB** >= 10.2
* For the storage of BookStack content and data.
* Single Database *(All permissions advised since application manages schema)*