Open Source XAMPP Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to XAMPP for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Windows alternative is WampServer. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to XAMPP and many of them are open source and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Windows alternatives to XAMPP are Devilbox, FlyEnv, Laragon and The Uniform Server.

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XAMPP alternatives are mainly Web Servers, but if you're looking for Server Management Tools or Web Hosting Services you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Windows, Mac and Mac + Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to XAMPP.
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  1. 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.

    49 WampServer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  2. 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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  3. FlyEnv icon
     18 likes

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

    28 FlyEnv alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  4. Laragon icon
     90 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.

    50 Laragon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  5. 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
     
  6. 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.

    17 WordPress Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Wordpress
    • Linux
     
  7. 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.

    46 BitNami Application Stacks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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  8. DDEV icon
     5 likes

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

    20 DDEV alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Laravel Homestead is an official, pre-packaged Vagrant box that provides you a wonderful development environment without requiring you to install PHP, a web server, or any other server software on your local machine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PHP
    • MySQL Community Edition
    • PostgreSQL
    • Redis
    • memcached
    • Node.JS
     
  10. Lando icon
     4 likes

    Lando is a free, open source, cross-platform, local development environment and DevOps tool built on Docker container technology and developed by Tandem.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  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.

    40 EasyPHP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. WnMp icon
     21 likes

    Windows+Nginx+MariaDB+PHP

    WnMp can serve as an up to date LAMP(Linux,Apache,MySQL,PHP) like server with more focus on Current technologies and also a great clean training Environment for Web Development and Maybe in the future it can be picked and some person develop a Web 2.0.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
     
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