The Best 30 MoWeS Portable Alternatives

  • Apache HTTP Server icon

    Apache HTTP Server

    Apache, is a web server notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web and in 2009 became the first web server to surpass the 100 million web site milestone.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

  • WampServer

    WampServer is a Windows web development environment. It allows you to create web applications with Apache, PHP and the MySQL database. It also comes with PHPMyAdmin and SQLite Manager to easily manage your databases.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • MAMP

    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.

    Freemium Mac OS X Windows

  • HFS (HTTP File Server)

    You can use HFS (HTTP File Server) to send and receive files. Its different from classic file sharing because it uses web technology to be more compatible with todays Internet.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • AMPPS

    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.

    Free Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • EasyPHP

    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.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • The Uniform Server

    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.

    Free Windows

  • WnMp

    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...

    Free Open Source Windows Self-Hosted

  • Devilbox

    the devilbox is a highly-configurable, docker based alternative to xampp.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Docker

  • Open Server

    Open Server - a portable server platform and software environment designed specifically for web developers, taking into account their recommendations and suggestions. ...

    Free Windows

  • USB Webserver

    USB Webserver is a bundled package of Apache, MySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin Mini Relay and software that allows a Web server from a USB stick to run. USB Webserver runs...

    Free Windows Self-Hosted

  • Winginx

    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.

    Free Windows

  • VBServer

    Create a personal web server with simplicity, reliability, and ease using VBServer.

    Free Windows

  • Denwer

    Denwer is a collection of often-used web-servers for web-programmers. It is used to debug web-sites under Win32.

    Free Personal Windows Self-Hosted

  • Portable Webserver

    It's a portable server manager that you can go anywhere, anytime, in any computer and run your webapp. Quick and easy to configure, a really useful application for your portable apps kit.

    Free Windows Self-Hosted

  • FoxServ

    FoxServ is an Apache / mySQL / PHP installer package for Windows and Linux. Unlike NuShpere or PHPTriad, FoxServ features the latest version of all …

    Free Open Source Windows Linux