
XAMPP
Laragon
MAMP
Laravel Herd
ServBay
Free, open-source XAMPP alternative for Windows

Laravel Herd
Fig
A desktop application for easily building and managing Docker-powered web apps easily
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DevStackBox is a free, open-source (MIT) alternative to XAMPP for Windows 10 and 11. One installer sets up Apache 2.4.65, PHP 8.3.31, MySQL 8.4.11 LTS and phpMyAdmin 5.2.2, so you get a working localhost without stitching together separate downloads. Need another PHP version? Download PHP 8.1,...
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As answered by people managing DevStackBox and DevWorkspace Pro.
DevWorkspace Pro's answer:
It's like Laravel Herd, but for DDEV, i.e. it makes building web applications super easy via the intuitive dektop GUI
DevWorkspace Pro's answer:
It adds other affordances that makes working with, and managing your web apps a breeze, such as remote ssh with auto-session keep-alive, executing code on server for easy remote debugging, etc.
DevWorkspace Pro's answer:
DevWorkspace Pro primarily targets web developers
DevWorkspace Pro's answer:
I was using Laravel Herd but switched to DDEV and learnt that DDEV does not have a Laravel Herd equivalent, so I built a supercharged GUI for DDEV with affordances that 10x the DX
DevStackBox's answer
Rust, Tauri, TypeScript
DevWorkspace Pro's answer:
It's an Electron app like Discord and VS Code, and intentional care was taken to ensure it is very fast and lightweight.
DevWorkspace Pro's answer:
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ServBay is a versatile web development environment offering web servers, databases, programming languages, and more, designed to streamline the development process for web and PHP developers.
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