It's overkill (and sqlite will be more than fine for your needs) - but check out a Postgres instance on scalegrid.io. Source: 12 months ago

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My option of choice is DBngin. It is a simple tool which lets you add databases quickly for whatever you need including MySQL, Postgres, and even Redis. - Source: dev.to / 10 months ago

DBngin provides a free, all-in-one database management tool that includes MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Redis. After DBngin has been installed, you can connect to your database at 127.0.0.1 using the root username and an empty string for the password. - Source: dev.to / almost 2 years ago

Ok I see what you mean, yeah that's a pain. You could turn off MySQL in MAMP and run a separate DB app such as DBngin (https://dbngin.com/), which makes it easier to start/stop different DB's but only offers different versions of MySQL, not MariaDB. Source: almost 2 years ago

Laravel has a built in server which leverages local PHP. I use that combined with https://dbngin.com/ for MySQL + Redis. Then frontend is ran with local node (via https://volta.sh/, also very quick). Source: about 2 years ago

Https://dbngin.com/ in case you are using Mac OS. Source: over 2 years ago