Dependencies

Overleaf currently supports the following versions of dependencies:

• Docker 23.0, 24.0, 25.0, 26
• MongoDB 5.0
• Redis 6

docker-compose is generally installed with Docker via the docker-compose-plugin package.

MongoDB and Redis are automatically pulled by docker-compose when running Overleaf CE or Server Pro, unless configured to use a different installation.

Once docker is installed correctly, you should be able to run these commands without error:

docker --version

# docker compose plugin (v2)
docker compose version
# legacy docker-compose (v1)
docker-compose --version

docker ps

The Overleaf Toolkit includes a handy bin/doctor script that produces a report pointing to any unfulfilled dependency.