What are the best free and open source web server solution stack packages?

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Best free and open source web server solution stack packages	Price	Platforms	Last Updated
87 XAMPP	Free	Windows, Linux, Mac	Mar 3, 2022
-- AMPPS	Free	Windows, Linux, Mac	Feb 1, 2022
-- Laragon	Free	Windows	Feb 3, 2022
-- MAMP	-	-	Oct 19, 2020
-- WAMP	-	-	Jun 6, 2021

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score 33 · Answer 1

XAMPP

Top Pro

Smooth installation with minimal configuration required

Port 443 is in use from Skype. You can change the port in Skype. See More

Top Con

Bloated

Comes with mail server, FTP server, accelerator, web-dav, ssl out of the box, etc. See More

CheerfulBastet's Experience

Muy completo..! See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

Top Pro

Multi-platform

XAMPP runs on OS X, Linux and Windows. See More

Top Con

doesnt has phpselector

Need downgrade to use php5 See More

EnchantingCreidhne's Experience

It's so easy See More

Top Pro

Clean and functional interface

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score 16 · Answer 2

AMPPS

Top Pro

user friendly control panel

Top Con

Limited install configuration options

In Linux, for instance, one cannot alter the install path or many other typically configured install options. See More

TallAlecto's Experience

I like ampps See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

Top Pro

Softaculous built-in to the stack

Softaculous has such a wide catalog of scripts and apps within its repository that in almost all cases the use case for your server will be addressed by several solutions that are only a few clicks away. See More

Top Con

Targeted at hosting providers and large-scale, multi-user environments

Considering the need for a Softaculous license in order to make the most advantage of the repository, there is little that can be done to adapt the stack to a single-instance, personal use server. See More

Top Pro

Mac Platforms

Top Con

Large install footprint

The installer package is over 400MB and the disk footprint once installed is even larger. See More

Top Pro

MySQL Support

including phpMyAdmin and MySQL server See More

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score 4 · Answer 3

Laragon

Top Pro

Easily add new PHP version

Top Con

Only supports Windows

HonorableOrion's Experience

Excellent product with support for multiple versions for all the software. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows

Top Pro

Fast and powerful

Laragon starts fast - instantly. All services in Laragon are compiled to native code so they run fast - much faster than Docker & Virtual Machines. Laragon uses its own service manager so all services also start quickly & parallelly. See More

Top Pro

Easily add new Node.js version

Top Pro

Supports many databases

Such as MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB. See More

Top Pro

Lightweight

Top Pro

Pretty URLs

Work with your "app" using this nice, short, beautiful url. See More

Top Pro

Portable

You can move the Laragon folder around (to other disks, laptops, sync to Cloud, etc.) without any worries. See More

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score 14 · Answer 4

MAMP

Top Pro

has phpselector

you can select php version easily See More

LivelyHidimba's Experience

MAMP for Windows is much easier to use than XAMPP. I had all kinds of problems just getting a simple MySQL database to connect to PHP with XAMPP -- with MAMP, I was up and running in less than 10 minutes! See More

Top Pro

Easy to use

MAMP usually takes mere seconds to install. It runs right out of the box, with no additional changes to your system required. See More

CheerfulBastet's Experience

Instalacion facil y rapido.. See More

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score 6 · Answer 5

WAMP

Top Pro

Lightweight

Top Con

Windows-only

WAMP runs on Windows only. See More

Top Pro

Easy-to-use

There's no hassle in unzipping files or anything - you simply run an installer, and you're done. Additionally, you can install new features (such as PHP 8), and even update, simply by downloading .exe files from a certain repo and running them. See More

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score 5 · Answer 6

Bitnami

Top Pro

Options for cloud, localhost and virtual server deployments

RickZeeland's Experience

Lots of choice, partnerships with cloud providers like Google and Azure. See More

Top Pro

Easy to set up

PowerfulGeryon's Experience

Very happy See More

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score 2 · Answer 7

LEMP

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MEAN.IO

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MEAN.JS

Top Pro

It's all JavaScript

This makes it very easy for a small development team to tackle everything together. See More

Top Con

Non-relational

If you need a relational database (and most of the time, you do), just walk away See More

score 1 · Answer 10

Neard

Top Pro

A console that embeds the shells of several modules

Specs

Platforms:Windows

Top Pro

Easily switch between versions of modules

Top Pro

Portable application

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score 2 · Answer 11

Uniform Server

Top Pro

No installation required

It only needs to be unzipped and opened. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows

Top Pro

All the included software is always up to date

Top Pro

Lightweight

It's less than 24MB. See More

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Answer 12

DesktopServer

Top Con

Freemium

some feature are not available on free users such as WordPress Multisite See More

Top Con

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13 Options Considered

My Recommendation for XAMPP

My Recommendation for XAMPP

Smooth installation with minimal configuration required

Bloated

Multi-platform

doesnt has phpselector

Clean and functional interface

My Recommendation for AMPPS

My Recommendation for AMPPS

user friendly control panel

Limited install configuration options

Softaculous built-in to the stack

Targeted at hosting providers and large-scale, multi-user environments

Mac Platforms

Large install footprint

MySQL Support

My Recommendation for Laragon

My Recommendation for Laragon

Easily add new PHP version

Only supports Windows

Fast and powerful

Easily add new Node.js version

Supports many databases

Lightweight

Pretty URLs

Portable

My Recommendation for MAMP

My Recommendation for MAMP

has phpselector

Easy to use

My Recommendation for WAMP

My Recommendation for WAMP

Lightweight

Windows-only

Easy-to-use

My Recommendation for Bitnami

My Recommendation for Bitnami

Options for cloud, localhost and virtual server deployments

Easy to set up

My Recommendation for LEMP

My Recommendation for LEMP

My Recommendation for MEAN.IO

My Recommendation for MEAN.IO

My Recommendation for MEAN.JS

My Recommendation for MEAN.JS

It's all JavaScript

Non-relational

My Recommendation for Neard

My Recommendation for Neard

A console that embeds the shells of several modules

Easily switch between versions of modules

Portable application

My Recommendation for Uniform Server

My Recommendation for Uniform Server

No installation required

All the included software is always up to date

Lightweight

My Recommendation for LYME

My Recommendation for LYME

My Recommendation for DesktopServer

My Recommendation for DesktopServer

Freemium

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