Nice group of people. However rotten communication and a whole lot of hollow promises forced me to find alternatives. The latest version as of April uses PHP v. No longer a sore point for them, and their customer support have proven to be more than competent, offering remote maintenance by their engineers of my local site when I had an issue.

They have been brilliant in my book. The software has its glitchy moments, however. As a non masochist Ubuntu Linux user imwithian I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

I first tried VVV but I found it to complicated for my requirements so I ended up creating a customised version of Scotch Box that suits my needs. Any one else have the same issue with Flywheel? What was the solution if you did? Hey Daren! You need to enable "dev mode", which will disable the aggressive caching.

Good info. Not really problematic, and less hassle than chasing down the components and installing them manually. Local is near perfection. I use it on Windows and Mac. Thanks for the reviews! Yup, following in the footsteps of other open source enthusiasts like Rasmus Lerdorf, Mark Suttleworth and Richard Stallman.

Linux users, making the world a better place, on repo at a time. The best dev environment available for Windows today is Ubuntu on Windows, free for Win 10 by Microsoft.

WAMP enables switching between versions of PHP, apache, mysql just by a single click windows services will restart automatically via console script. This is a highly appreciated feature for development. I like to use Vagrant VVV. I know it is already mentioned here but i need to make sure that VVV gets the attention it deserves:.

I also recommend it to anyone who is just beginning with WordPress users or developers. Easy to set it up and you can develop just in a few minutes. Because everything runs in Docker containers, it leaves a very small footprint on your system. Pilothouse has cool features like automated hosts file management, and SSL support for all local sites out-of-the-box. I have used Xampp but find the method to add Virtual servers more than one web site "interesting" it sometimes works.

If all you wish to do is WordPress.. Big problem — for me. There are so many available in Github right now although I like to configure it my own. Just wondering.. Thanks for the comparison, though. Having been around for a long time, I like to mettle, so periodically I clone the site and run it locally using ServerPress to control the server. My problem is finding a reliable and easy way to periodically clone our site and install it locally.

For awhile, All-In-One worked great for this, but as our site has become more complex, it has failed. Thanks for the reply. I also tested "Local", but I like Bitnami better. I have the paid version of All-in-One. Their features and supported versions of software are at least worth to look at.

Both are for Windows though. Auto installer for the stack, WordPress, Joomla, Magento, and others. Switch between php versions on the fly. Domain management. Might lighter and faster than VVV. After fighting with Xampp, Mamp for Windows! Will now boot to Linux and see how far I get in the xampp, mamp, wamp kerfuffle.

Hi Jeff, I am not sure how I missed this review since I do try to stay on top of all the press DesktopServer gets good and bad.

I also wanted to clear up what the "3 site" limit really is. Beyond that, there are other advantages to the Premium Membership. The software included in a Premium Membership includes all updates throughout a given year as well as premium support which includes the ability to contact us to assist with deployment to a live server. Speaking of deployment, the Premium Software has a built-in deployment functionality which makes it super easy to deploy to a live site.

Additionally, it includes WP-CLI installed on each site by default as a developer plugin meaning that when you deploy, the plugin stays local and does not get shipped with the site , NGROK integration for sharing of your site across the internet through a secure tunnel perfect for the developer who wants to show it to their client , the ability to import archives from most popular backup plugins Duplicator, Backup Buddy, Updraft, etc , and the ability to export from a local site to a. Anyway, I hope that helps clear a few things up and should anyone have any questions, feel free to contact me directly!

You can find me on twitter marcbenzak or on our contact page. We always tell people that each product has its advantage and our goal is simply to help you develop the best workflow that works FOR YOU!

Your website looks old though, makes me wonder if DS has been abandoned. The local by fly wheel site looks new and fresh, you know, flat design and all of that. Just saying. Migration should be part and parcel of any package, free or otherwise. I have recently installed the DS 3. All good. Its actually slower than working on my website online. The point to a localhost is to speed up development I thought. In my research the main advice is SSD of course and Not Windows 10 because of bloatness and notorious for background services.

Getting back to the core discussion by the author, does anyone know which one of these Dev Environements is the fastest???

Or are they all just slow as molasses? For me DesktopServer 3. Beats the rest by a long margin because it is so easy to do.

Duplicator Pro still needs a pile of other actions and knowledge to get the job done. AIO does it in a couple of clicks. No brainer. Nice review, but the only thing that sucks is: I cannot install local by flywheel on my laptop. It is just not finishing. Nice review but I cannot install local by flywheel on my laptop.

It is just never finishing. Such a pitty. To you is odd to say Shamp, to me is odd to say zamp, because Shamp is the natural sound of XAmp in Portuguese. Thank you Jeff! SymLink is not working.

Is checking this box all you need to do to get FollowSymLink working or is there more? The current Mamp Pro 5. Definitely worth exploring if you are using Windows — no Mac or Linux version available. Desktop Server is great too! On Windows I found Laragon to be exceptional. It is the one thing I miss about moving back to a Mac. Anyone else have this issue or have a best setup.

Finding PHP installation path did confuse me, but if you open up Site shell and enter where php , it should point you to the right path. Did you have any specific issues? Hi, thanks for this, have you experienced any issues with local and db migrate pro?

I normally use mamp but used local for first time recently and got some ajax errors pushing the theme to a remote server database was OK , of course these errors may not be down to local could be plugins etc but just wondered if you knew of anything that might be a problem such as the way local stores the sites in a app folder? I can launch a WP site on local in about 4mins. Thanks for sharing that, Benjamin.

Setting up a site in Local usually takes seconds for me, and using the site feels fast too. Hook that up with a blueprint, and it can install things even faster. Another really useful article… Many thanks! Desktop Server has caused me major headaches for the 2 years that I used it. I only use Windows at Home and use Mac at the Office. It presents itself as a "small" app with a simple interface and system tray icon.

One click gets you an interface where you can open the DB, open terminal, open the web root folder, open local hosts file Windows , etc. It can intercept emails so that any outgoing emails from any app is captured and opened in a text file. It can do SSL with a local certificate. One-click apps defaulting with WordPress, Drupal, and Laravel, but you can create more.

Just by adding a new folder to the web root, the app will detect it and automatically set up your local hosts file domain for it. You can change and add PHP versions pretty easy, edit the php.

Thanks for this article. WP is only what it is due to the open source and community. To everyone here. Ignore this recommendation. All the others listed are open source. Wanting to setup a local WordPress environment on a Mac for someone else, I revisited this article. I decided to try Local, but ended up frustrated. Local makes this difficult, unless you only have the theme in the repo. It was super easy, and worked. I should have done that initially, rather waste an entire Friday afternoon trying other alternatives.

Windows and WSL, or a Linux setup is my preference for development now days. What if you want to local dev the same site on your desktop and laptop? I use LocalWP. It seems the only solutions to sync db are manual. Just a heads up DesktopServer has been discontinued, and Local has gone downhill fast, I have spent a few days trying to get it up and running. WP Migrate. Local Local is the fastest and most intuitive and well designed application among all.

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Rene says:. Next, make sure you have a. Now go to your user folder, find and edit. Add this line to the top:. Change php7. When you type a command in your terminal, it searches for the first matching executable in a list of colon-separated directories specified in the PATH variable. To verify the change, exit your terminal window and open a new one. Run which php and you should see something like:. Changes made to. PHP 7. If you look at the composer. Edit the. Close your terminal session and open a new one.

MAMP runs slowly compared to production servers, so it needs extra time to do things. It also needs plenty of memory allocated to PHP. Edit the php. Check out our Getting Started Tutorial. Our community is active and eager to help. Join us on Discord or Stack Exchange.

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PHP 7. If you look at the composer. Edit the. Close your terminal session and open a new one. MAMP runs slowly compared to production servers, so it needs extra time to do things.

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