Laragon is gaining importance as it is portable, isolated, fast & powerful universal development environment for PHP.
Instead of using XAMPP or WAMPP for local development in Windows, you can switch to Laragon.
It is a blazing fast local development tool.
what's Laragon?
A Modern & Powerful local development tool packed with all "developer toolkit" you'll need for web development.
Supported Languages:
PHP, Node.js, Python, Java, Go, Ruby
Supported Database:
MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL & MongoDB
Here are top 9 features that make it most powerful...
1. Blazing fast ⚡
It uses only 4MB RAM when running far lesser compared to xampp, so doesn't hang & leave RAM for other apps.
2. Pretty URLs 🔗
Tired of creating virtual hosts or using ugly urls like http://localhost/app?
Laragon automatically does it for you...
a nice, short, beautiful URL like:
http://app.test
http://.test
➡ no commands to run
➡ no file changes required
3. Inbuilt terminal 👩💻
Laragon comes with powerful inbuilt terminals like cmder, Powershell & Bash.
➡ Use the one you like
➡ No need to include environment path
4. Share local web apps to Internet 🔌
Share local web app to colleagues/clients for quick demo with just 2 click
➡ No command to run
➡ Nothing to install
➡ Uses ngrox to tunnel localhost to internet
5. Quick App ✨
Quickly install Laravel, Symphony, WordPress, Drupal & many others with 1 click.
➡ Again - no need to run a command or refer docs
➡ It does all the heavy lifting for you
6. Install & quickly switch version of any language 🔀
➡ Install different versions
➡ Need to switch PHP/NodeJs/Python versions between different project?
No worry, Just do it with one click
➡ Automatically handles all environment gotchas for you!
7. Mail Sender & Catcher 📨
➡ Catch all outgoing emails to local
➡ Send all outgoing emails from your email
Best for local email development & testing
8. Portable 💼
You can move Laragon folder after installing without worrying:
➡ to another disk/partition: C:\laragon to D:\laragon or E:\dev,…
➡ to another computer
➡ to USB
➡ sync to Cloud (DropBox, OneDrive, Google Drive)
Carry where you need!
9. Free & Open-Source 😍
Yes, devs love open source... so...
➡ Laragon is free & Open source
➡ Developed by Leo Khoa
➡ With 27 contributors
➡ 7+ years in development & continued
All these features make it the world's most powerful...
Also saves multiple hours every week!
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