MoWeS Portable Alternatives

MoWeS Portable is described as 'MoWeS stands for the three letter abbreviation Modular Webserver System and makes it possible, to run a webserver based on Apache, MySQL and PHP from an USB Stick or any other writable media (harddrive, flash cards etc.) without installation under Windows (98 to Vista)' and is a Web Server in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to MoWeS Portable for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Self-Hosted and Docker apps. The best MoWeS Portable alternative is XAMPP, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MoWeS Portable are copyparty, WampServer, HFS 2 (HTTP File Server) and MAMP.

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  1. Devilbox icon
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    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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  2. BAMP icon
     3 likes

    BAMP is a small macOS utility to manage your local server based on Apache + MongoDB + PHP using the Homebrew toolkit.

    34 BAMP alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  3. Nitro Server icon
     1 like

    Create web servers with everything you need and deploy them wherever you prefer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Typescript
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  4. Laravel Herd icon
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    Herd is a blazing fast, native Laravel and PHP development environment for macOS. It provides everything that you need to get started with Laravel development. It ships with PHP, nginx, dnsmasq and Node.js.

    51 Laravel Herd alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  5. HFS is a web file server to run on your computer. Share folders or even a single file thanks to the virtual file system. HFS is the best way via web to access or share files from your disk. You be the server, share files fresh from your disk, with unlimited space and bandwidth.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  6. 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
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  7. LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS) is a high-performance Apache drop-in replacement. LSWS is the 4th most popular web server on the internet and the #1 commercial web server. Upgrading your web server to LiteSpeed Web Server will improve your performance and lower operating...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. Open Server Panel is a powerful alternative to WAMP stacks like Xampp, Wampserver, Herd, EasyPHP, Vertrigo, and similar solutions. This application runs on the Windows operating system, supports Apache and Nginx as web servers, and provides the ability to run various versions of...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. Fenix is a desktop web server for developers. A simple and visual static web server with collaboration features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  10. USBWebserver icon
     10 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
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  11. 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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  12. Winginx icon
     12 likes

    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.

    36 Winginx alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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