Portly AlternativesWeb Servers and other similar apps like Portly

Apps similar to Portly include XAMPP, which is free and open source. Other options are FlyEnv, Vagrant, WordPress Studio and WampServer. You can choose from more than 10 Web Servers like Portly for Windows, Mac, Linux and the web.

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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.

    65 XAMPP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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  2. FlyEnv icon
     21 likes

    FlyEnv simplifies local web development by providing an easy-to-use interface to manage web servers (like Nginx), databases (like MySQL), and PHP.

    35 FlyEnv alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  3. Vagrant icon
     111 likes

    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...

    28 Vagrant alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Source Available

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • VirtualBox
    • VMware Workstation Pro
    • VMware Fusion
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  4. A new way to develop locally with WordPress. Share your local sites with clients or colleagues and keep your local development process smooth and simple with unbreakable infrastructure.

    Cost / License

    Application type

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    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Wordpress
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  5. WampServer icon
     121 likes

    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.

    55 WampServer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. BitNami Stacks make it incredibly easy to deploy your favorite open source software. BitNami Stacks include an open source application and all of the other software necessary to run it, such as Apache, MySQL, PHP or Ruby.

    49 BitNami Application Stacks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
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  7. MAMP icon
     86 likes

    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.

    52 MAMP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  8.  17 likes

    Provides a simple, local development environment with a friendly GUI. Uses Docker under the hood, similar to Vagrant but less tech experience needed.

    23 Local WP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  9. DDEV icon
     7 likes

    Local or cloud development environment for web developers. Powered by Docker. But without the complexities of bespoke configuration.

    26 DDEV alternatives

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    IDE and DDEV
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  10. Laragon icon
     94 likes

    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.

    57 Laragon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Valet is a Laravel development environment for Mac minimalists. No Vagrant, no hosts file. You can even share your sites publicly using local tunnels. Yeah, we like it too.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Laravel
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  12. Laravel Herd icon
     2 likes

    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.

    56 Laravel Herd alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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