Free for all work
Client projects included. No licence, no reminder popups, and updates for everything from inside the app.
Laragon alternative · Free
A free Laragon alternative for Windows
Laragon 7 and later needs a paid licence for commercial use. BunnyStack gives you the same portable, .test-domain workflow for free, with several PHP versions running at once, one per project.
PHP per project, all at once
Every PHP version from 5.6 to 8.5 runs side by side. Each project picks its own, with no global switch.
Same familiar workflow
A portable folder, a www directory and name.test addresses with trusted HTTPS. Your habits carry over.
BunnyStack vs Laragon
| BunnyStack | Laragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free for non-commercial use; commercial licence from $49 a year |
| Web server | Caddy | Apache or Nginx |
| Database | MariaDB | MySQL or PostgreSQL |
| PHP versions | 5.6 to 8.5, several at once, one per project | Several installed, switched globally |
| Local domains and HTTPS | name.test with trusted HTTPS | name.test with automatic SSL |
| Mail catching | Mailpit | Mailpit |
| Redis | One-click install | Included in the full build |
| Share a site publicly | Cloudflare Tunnel | ngrok |
| One-step WordPress | Yes | Yes |
| WordPress uploads proxy | Yes | Not documented |
| Portable | Yes | Yes |
| Latest release | 0.9.0 (September 2026) | 8.7.0 (August 2026) |
Checked against laragon.org on 30 September 2026. Laragon is a trademark of its owner. See how XAMPP and Laravel Herd compare in the full comparison.
Switch from Laragon
Move your Laragon sites in four steps
Both use name.test addresses, so most sites keep the same URL.
1. Export your databases
Export each database to a .sql file, for example with mysqldump from Laragon's terminal.
2. Stop Laragon
Stop Laragon's services, so ports 80, 443 and 3306 are free for BunnyStack.
3. Copy your sites
Copy each folder from Laragon's www folder into BunnyStack's www folder and click Sync.
4. Import the databases
Drop each .sql file on the Databases page. BunnyStack uses MariaDB: if a MySQL 8 dump stops on utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci, replace it with utf8mb4_unicode_ci in the file.
Is BunnyStack free for commercial use?
Yes. BunnyStack is free to download and use, client work included. Laragon 7 and later is free only for non-commercial use.
Is BunnyStack portable like Laragon?
Yes. Everything lives in one folder: runtimes, config, databases and your projects. Copy it to a USB drive and it works on another Windows computer.
Will my Laragon MySQL databases import into MariaDB?
Usually as they are. If a MySQL 8 dump stops on the utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci collation, replace it with utf8mb4_unicode_ci in the .sql file and import again.
Can each project use a different PHP version?
Yes. Every PHP version from 5.6 to 8.5 can run at the same time, and each project picks its own on its settings page.
Keep the workflow, drop the licence
Free for Windows. No Docker, no WSL, no installer.