Server2Go Alternatives
Server2Go is described as 'Webserver that runs out of the box without any installation and on write protected media' and is a Web Server in the Development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Server2Go for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Self-Hosted solutions, Linux, Mac and PortableApps.com. The best alternative is XAMPP, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Server2Go are WampServer (Free, Open Source), AMPPS (Free), MAMP (Freemium) and UwAmp (Free).
- XAMPP is a completely free, easy to install Apache distribution containing MariaDB, PHP, and Perl.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
- 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.
- AMPPS is an easy to install software stack of Apache, Mysql, PHP, Perl, Python and Softaculous auto-installer that can be used on Desktops and office servers.No screenshots yet
- 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.
- 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.
Discontinued
The development seems stopped since the last version (3.1.0 / 2016).
UwAmp vs Server2Go opinions
UwAmp is quickly installed, easy to configure, runs stable. - 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Winginx is a complex of local web server on Windows (Vista and higher) to develop in PHP and Node.js using databases MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, memcached.
- Denwer is a collection of often-used web-servers for web-programmers. It is used to debug web-sites under Win32. Denwer includes: friendly installer; Apache; PHP; MySQL; Perl; virtual host management system; phpMyAdmin; sendmail stub; start/stop manager.
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Windows
- Self-Hosted
Discontinued
The program is no longer updated and the website is full of spam articles. Last version, released in November 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.