What do I need to run HarvestMan?
HarvestMan is written in a programming language called Python. Python is an interactive, interpreted, object-oriented programming language created by Guido Van Rossum and maintained by a team of volunteers from all over the world. Python is a very versatile language which can be used for a variety of tasks ranging from scripting to web frameworks to developing highly complex applications. HarvestMan is written completely in Python. It works with Python version 2.3 upward on all platforms where Python runs. However, HarvestMan has some performance optimizations that require the latest version of Python which is Python 2.4. The suggested version is Python 2.4. Anyway, HarvestMan will also work with Python 2.3 too, but with reduced performance. You need a machine with a rather large amount of RAM to run HarvestMan. HarvestMan tends to heavily use the system memory especially when performing large data downloads or when run with more than 10 threads. It is preferable to have a machine with
