Nitro Server Alternatives

Nitro Server is described as 'Create web servers with everything you need and deploy them wherever you prefer' and is a Web Server in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Nitro Server for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Self-Hosted and BSD apps. The best Nitro Server alternative is XAMPP, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Nitro Server are nginx, Apache HTTP Server, Caddy and Laragon.

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  1. ramp icon
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    web development service manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. DDEV icon
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    Local or cloud development environment for web developers. Powered by Docker. But without the complexities of bespoke configuration.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. ServBay icon
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    ServBay is an AI-native local dev platform for web developers and coding agents. It integrates 50+ runtimes, databases, and web servers with a built-in MCP server, a secure local AI Gateway, and a remote app—forming the ultimate local infrastructure for AI-driven development.

    39 ServBay alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. The Uniform Server is a WAMP package that allows you to run a server on any MS Windows OS based computer. It is small and mobile to download or move around and can also be used or setup as a production/live server.

    36 The Uniform Server alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. ForgeKit icon
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    ForgeKit is a free, Windows-native PHP development environment for running multiple projects with different stacks side by side.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. lighttpd icon
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    lighttpd (pronounced "lighty") is a web server designed to be secure, fast, standards-compliant, and flexible while being optimized for speed-critical environments.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Serva 32/64 icon
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    Serva is an Automated PXE Server Solution Accelerator based on an all-in-one portable multi-server engine including BINL(RIS/WDS), HTTP, FTP, TFTP, DHCP, proxyDHCP, DNS, SNTP and SYSLOG protocols.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. CivetWeb icon
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    CivetWeb is an easy to use, powerful, C/C++ embeddable web server with optional CGI, SSL and Lua support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. freenginx icon
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    freenginx is an effort to preserve free and open development of nginx, an HTTP and reverse proxy server, a mail proxy server, and a generic TCP/UDP proxy server, originally written by Igor Sysoev.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. UwAmp icon
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    UwAmp is a Wamp Server with Apache MySQL PHP and SQLite, and it comes with an very smart interface that offers various information, configuration and commands for the server. It can handle multiple php versions and monitor cpu usage. Also it is able to run in U3 mode.

    44 UwAmp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. EasyPHP icon
     36 likes

    Setup at a glance a pre-configured Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP environment on your system or on a USB key and develop or present locally your projects.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Devilbox icon
     29 likes

    The devilbox is a highly-configurable, Docker based alternative to XAMPP.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
     
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