System requirements
Minimum and recommended environments for a Joel deployment.
Updated November 4, 2026
Joel runs in most modern organizations. The requirements below ensure full performance.
Minimum requirements
- A Slack workspace. Email-first teams are not supported.
- A Figma organization seat
- A product with real users, or a plan to get some
Recommended
- Leadership that is open to disagreement
- Engineers who review pull requests from designers
- Healthy decision making cultures
- Directional signal
- Coffee, available locally. See Degraded performance before coffee.
Not supported
- Approval chains longer than three people
- A lack of humility or intentionality
- Meetings before 10:30 ET. See the status page for current availability.
Questions about compatibility? Open the chat and describe your setup.
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