PHP Desktop is described as 'Open source project founded by Czarek Tomczak in 2012 to provide a way for developing native desktop applications using web technologies such as PHP, HTML5, JavaScript & SQLite. It embeds a web browser, a web server and a PHP interpreter' and is a Compiler in the development category. There are five alternatives to PHP Desktop for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Electron and JavaScript apps. The best PHP Desktop alternative is RapidEXE, which is free. Other great apps like PHP Desktop are ExeOutput for PHP, HHVM, ZZEE PHPExe and Electron-PHP.