AMPPS

Name: AMPPS
Rating: 2.7 (3 reviews)

52 likes

Web stack offering Apache, MySQL, MongoDB, and latest PHP versions with Softaculous auto-installer. Supports app installs and PHP switching for versatile scenarios, perfect for development.

Cost / License

Freemium
Proprietary

Application type

Web Server

Origin

India

Platforms

Mac
Windows

AMPPS alternatives

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Features

Guided configuration

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M_O_Z_G added AMPPS as alternative to EnvKit
15 days ago
radu-stoian0 added AMPPS as alternative to ForgeKit
2 months ago
robertpw1 added AMPPS as alternative to ramp
9 months ago

Comments and Reviews

Top Positive Comment

kvantor

★★★★★

Jul 27, 2012

This one of the most exclusive and helpfull Apache+MySQL+PhpMyAdmin PHP Server. It includes more than 290 cms and frameworks that can installed in your alias local domain directory in som? seconds. And that`s all containing this stable Web Server.

Top Negative Comment

escoles

★★★★★

May 30, 2015

I've used a number of WAMP and MAMP stacks over the years, and of all of them, AMPPS has been the MOST DIFFICULT to use and most time-consuming to troubleshoot. It would have been faster and easier to just install Apache and MySQL from scratch.

Really, REALLY difficult to have the htdocs anywhere other than where AMPPS wants it. (This would have been a deal-breaker if I knew it in advance, because it makes it useless for me on my work PC.)
This is the ONLY stack I've used that has trouble grabbing port 80 from the various Windows system processes that always seem to want to use it.
The Softaculous installer seems like a nice thing at first, but it insists on prefixing your database tables which makes it useless as a prototyping tool.

Overall recommendation: Pick something else.

Richard Valkinsenn

★★★★★

May 7, 2022

AMPPS used to let you install apps like MediaWiki and so much more entirely for free, but it seems they decided to hold apps like that hostage behind a yearly paywall with their latest releases. If anyone from AMPPS reads this, from the bottom of my heart, screw you AND your new business model.

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mortedesiderio

★★★★★

Nov 1, 2015

for one can't change php versions. its stuck on 5.3 (EW!!!! Should be using 5.5 or higher).

then after a few restarts it automatically has errors in php configs. blah.

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What is AMPPS?

AMPPS is a WAMP and MAMP stack from Softaculous with Apache, MySQL, MongoDB, latest versions of PHP and Softaculous auto-installer on desktops and office servers.

Despite its comprehensive features, AMPPS maintains a lightweight footprint, as it includes only one each of PHP, Apache, MySQL, MongoDB, Softaculous, and phpMyAdmin. Additional apps can be installed as required by the user, and multiple PHP versions can be installed and switched between as needed by the project.

Finally, AMPPS includes the Softaculous auto installer, which allows for the deployment of over 400 apps on your server, such as WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento, and phpBB. This makes AMPPS a comprehensive solution for both WAMP and MAMP stacks with a wide array of preconfigured apps.