When comparing XAMPP vs EasyPHP DevServer, the Slant community recommends XAMPP for most people. In the question“What are the best php localhost servers?” XAMPP is ranked 3rd while EasyPHP DevServer is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose XAMPP is:
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Specs
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Pros
Pro Smooth installation with minimal configuration required
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Pro Multi-platform
XAMPP runs on OS X, Linux and Windows.
Pro Clean and functional interface
Pro Runs projects from anywhere in your computer
You just need to select the project from the management panel and run the server.
Pro Supports multiple server technologies
You can have Apache installed, also Nginx, Python, Ruby, Perl, etc, and easily switch between them.
Pro Supports multiple PHP versions
Cons
Con Bloated
Comes with mail server, FTP server, accelerator, web-dav, ssl out of the box, etc.
Con doesnt has phpselector
Need downgrade to use php5
Con Only Windows build
No versions for Unix systems, like Mac or Linux are available.