DDEV Alternatives

DDEV is described as 'Local or cloud development environment for web developers. Powered by Docker. But without the complexities of bespoke configuration' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to DDEV for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Self-Hosted and Docker apps. The best DDEV alternative is XAMPP, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like DDEV are Vagrant, WampServer, MAMP and Daytona.

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  1. XAMPP icon
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    Free open-source web server solution with Apache, MariaDB, PHP, and Perl. Easy installation for local web development across Windows, Linux, macOS. Ideal for creating and testing websites, supports commercial use, with regular updates and a user-friendly control panel.

    58 XAMPP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
     
    • XAMPP is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to DDEV.

    • XAMPP is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to DDEV.

    • XAMPP is Free and Open SourceDDEV is also Free and Open Source
    • XAMPP is LightweightDDEV is not according to our users
  2. Vagrant icon
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    Create and manage virtualized development environments. Vagrant is a tool for building complete development environments. With an easy-to-use workflow and focus on automation, Vagrant lowers development environment setup time, increases development/production parity, and makes...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • VirtualBox
    • VMware Workstation Pro
    • VMware Fusion
    • FreeBSD
     
  3. WampServer icon
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    WampServer is a Windows web development environment. It allows you to create web applications with Apache2, PHP and a MySQL database. Alongside, PhpMyAdmin allows you to manage easily your databases.

    47 WampServer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. MAMP icon
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    MAMP installs a local server environment in a matter of seconds on your computer. It comes free of charge, and is easily installed. MAMP will not compromise any existing Apache installation already running on your system.

    45 MAMP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. Daytona icon
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    Daytona is the enterprise-grade Codespaces alternative for managing self-hosted, secure and standardized development environments.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Docker
     
    • Daytona is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to DDEV.

    • Daytona is Free and Open SourceDDEV is also Free and Open Source
  6. Docker Swarm icon
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    Docker Swarm is native clustering for Docker. It allows you create and access to a pool of Docker hosts using the full suite of Docker tools. Because Docker Swarm serves the standard Docker API, any tool that already communicates with a Docker daemon can use Swarm to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
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    GitHub Codespaces is an instant, cloud-based development environment that uses a container to provide you with common languages, tools, and utilities for development. GitHub Codespaces is also configurable, allowing you to create a customized development environment for your...

    24 Github Codespaces alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • GitHub
     
    • Github Codespaces is the most popular Web-based alternative to DDEV.

    • Github Codespaces is Freemium and ProprietaryDDEV is Free and Open Source
    • Github Codespaces is CustomizableDDEV is not according to our users
  8. ramp icon
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    web development service manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Eclipse Che icon
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    Eclipse Che is an open source project under the Eclipse top-level project. It's named after Cherkasy Ukraine, the city where development started.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Laragon icon
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    A lightweight, fast and convenient modern LAMP Server with Redis and Memcached, extremely high performance. Laragon'll turn your computer into a powerful server in a minute so you can host Wordpress, Joomla, Magento, Drupal, and Prestashop quickly and effortlessly.

    49 Laragon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Laragon is the most popular commercial alternative to DDEV.

    • Laragon is Paid and Open SourceDDEV is Free and Open Source
    • Laragon is LightweightDDEV is not according to our users
  11. draky icon
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    draky is an easy to use local development tool for managing environments that's designed to make them as transparent and customizable as possible. The tool was made to make direct work with docker easier, instead of hiding environment configuration behind opaque layers of abstraction.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  12. Laravel Herd icon
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    Herd is a blazing fast, native Laravel and PHP development environment for macOS. It provides everything that you need to get started with Laravel development. It ships with PHP, nginx, dnsmasq and Node.js.

    50 Laravel Herd alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
     
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