Comparison of WAMPs

A variety of packages enable WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) to be downloaded (and, if not portable, installed) on a Windows-based computer. Some of them are compared in the table below.

Package Release Date Version Size (MB) License Apache HTTP Server PHP MySQL phpMyAdmin SQLite OpenSSL mod_ssl mod_perl Zend Optimizer / Zend Gard Loader Portable application Automatic Update
Latest official release of individual components 2.2.21 5.3.8 5.5.18 3.4.8 3.7.6.3 1.0.0e Integrated[1][2] 1.30 for Apache 1.3.x;
2.0.4 for Apache 2.0.x and 2.2.x[3][4]		 3.3.3 (Windows) and 3.3.9 (Others) / 5.5.0 Customizable Customizable
AMPPS 2011-08-03 1.1 54 Free 2.2.21 5.3.8 And 5.2.17 5.5.16 3.4.5 3.7.6.3 0.9.8l (integrated) 2.0.4
Perl 5.10.1		 ionCube 3.3.18 Yes Update Package
Apache Swissknife 2006-05-06 3.5 6.9 GPL 1.3.36 4.4.2 4.1.16 - - - - - 1.29[5] 2.6.2 -
Apache2Triad 2006-02-20 1.5.4 95.8 GPL 2.2 5.1.2 5.0.18 2.7-pl2 2.8.15 0.9.8a 2.2 2.0.1 2.6.2 - -
AppServ 2008-06-10 2.5.10 14.6 GPL 2.2.8 5.2.6 5.0.51b 2.10.3 - - - - 3.3.0[5] - -
AutoSet 2011-03-27 6.3.1 80.2 freeware 2.2.17 5.3.5 5.5.8 3.3.9.1 - 0.9.8o 2.0.61 - - - -
Denwer 2010-11-07 3 6.5 Donationware 2.2.4 5.3.3 5.1.40 3.2.3 - 0.9.8k 2.2.4 miniperl, 5.8.8(optional) 3.3.3 (optional) Yes -
e-novative WAMP 2005-12-19 2.1.1 21 Donationware (free for private and commercial use) 2.0.x 5.x 4.1.x 2.x.x - - - - 3.x ? - -
EasyPHP 2011-12-28 5.3.8.1 20 GPL 2.2.21 VC9 5.3.8 VC9 / 5.4.0 RC4 VC9 5.5.19 3.4.9 - - - - Yes Yes
fvpatwds 2006-11-14 0.1.7 33.7 GPL 2.0.58 5.1.6 5.0.26 2.9.0.2 1.2.0 - - - - - -
Glossword WAMP 2008-07-16 2.2.9/5.1.26/5.3.0 6.1 GPL 2.2.9 5.3.0-dev 5.1.26-rc 2.11.7.1 - - - - - - -
JAMP [6] 2008-05-05 0.0.1 71.0 GPL 2.2.8 5.2.5 5.1.24-rc 2.11.5.2 - 0.9.8 2.2 - 3.3.3 Yes -
Lighty2Go 2008-12-08 1.5.2 89.3 GPL lighttpd/1.4.20[7] 5.2.6 5.0.67 3.0.1.1 - 0.9.8i (integrated) (MiniPerl/CGI) - Yes -
Mov'AMP 2007-08-29 0.6 10.7 Unknown 2.0.59 5.2.3 4.1.22 2.11.0 - - - - - - -
MoWeS Portable[8] 2009-06-26 2.2.3 61 GPL 2.2.11 5.3, 5.2.3, 4.4.9 5.1.35 3.1.2 - - 2.2.4 ActivePerl 5.8.8 - Yes
NetServer 2005-12-02 0.1 23.4 GPL 2.0.54 5.0.4 4.1.14 2.6.4-pl1 - 0.9.7g 1.99_16 - - - -
NIMP 2011-01-13 1.5.0 20.7 GPL 2.2.17 + Nginx 0.9.3 5.3.5 5.5.8 3.3.9 - 0.9.8 (integrated) - ionCube 3.3.18, Accelerator 1.0-snv425, MemCached 1.2.4 Yes -
PAMPA 2009-01-26 1.0c 17 GPL 2.2.11 5.3.0 alpha 3 5.1.30-community 3.1.2 - 0.9.8i optional mod_jaxer - Yes -
phpdev 2002-10-19 4.2.3 - GPL 1.3.27 4.2.3 4[5] 2.3.2 - - - - - - -
Repos Server 2010-01-12 3.0.0 10 Apache 2.2.14 5.3.1 any - - 0.9.8k (integrated) - - - -
Server2Go 2010-05-14 1.8.0 90 Donationware (without restrictions) 2.2.15, 1.3.35 5.3.2 5.1.46 3.3.3 - - - CGI Perl 5.8 - Yes -
SpikeWAMP 2007-12-12 1.0beta 22 OSL 2.2.6 5.2.5 5.0.45 - - 0.9.8d - - eAccelerator 0.9.5.2 - -
The Uniform Server 2011-12-4 8.0.0-Coral 13.7 BSD 2.2.21 5.3.8 5.5.18 3.4.8 - 1.0.0e (integrated) ActivePerl Installer eAccelerator 1.0-snv427 APC 3.1.9 Yes + Multi-Server -
Unofficial WampServer 2010-11-06 2.0j 19.3 GPL 2.2.17 5.3.3 5.1.52[9] 3.3.8 1.2.4 0.9.8o (integrated) - - - -
UwAmp 2011-02-10 2.1 20 UwAmp License 2.2.17 5.2.17, 5.3.5 5.5.9 3.3.9.1 Use SQLite Data Browser 0.9.8k (integrated) - - Yes -
VertrigoServ 2011-03-18 2.24 12.3 GPL 2.2.17 5.3.6 5.5.10 3.3.9.2 1.2.4 - - - 3.3.3 - -
WampDeveloper Pro 2011-06-09 4.0.3.2 109 Commercial 2.2.19 5.3.6 5.1.57 3.4.2 - 0.9.8r (integrated) - ionCube 4.0.7, eAccelerator 1.0-snv427 - -
WampServer 2011-09-26 2.2a  ??.? GPL 2.2.21 5.3.8 5.5.16 3.4.5 - - - - - - -
WampServer64[10] 2010-11-13 1.0 22.2 GPL 2.2.17 5.3.3 5.1.52 3.3.8 1.2.4 0.9.8o (integrated) - eAccelerator 0.9.6.1 - -
Web-Developer Server Suite 2007-11-10 2.00 30.8 Commercial 2.2.6 5.2.5 5.0.45 2.11.2 - 0.9.8g - - - - -
WITSuite 2009-03-03 2.5 Commercial 2.2.11 5.2.9, 4.4.9 5.1.31 3.1.2 - - - - - - -
WLMP 2010-09-24 1.1.7 15.8 GPL lighttpd/1.4.28[7] 5.2.14 5.0.91 2.11.11 - 0.9.8o (integrated) MiniPerl 5.10.1 - - -
XAMPP [11] 2011-09-21 1.7.7  ?? GPL 2.2.21 5.3.8 5.5.16 3.4.5 2.8.17 + 3.6.20 0.9.8r - 2.0.4[12][13]
Perl 5.10.1[12][13][14]		 eAccelerator 0.9.6-rcl Yes [15] -
WHiMP[1] 2011-04-11 1.0.2 18.1 GPL Hiawatha 7.4 5.3.6 Mariadb 5.2.5 3.3.10 Yes -
Z:WAMP Server 2010-11-07 1.1.2 25.1 GPL3 2.2.17 5.3.3 5.1.52 (includes MongoDB 1.6.4) Adminer 3.0.1 with PHP MongoDB Admin 0.9.8o (integrated) - APC 3.1.5, eAccelerator 1.0 and MemCached 1.2.4b Yes -
Latest official release of individual components 2.2.21 5.3.8 5.5.18 3.4.8 3.7.6.3 1.0.0e Integrated[1][16] 1.30 for Apache 1.3.x;
2.0.4 for Apache 2.0.x and 2.2.x[3][17]		 3.3.3 (Windows) and 3.3.9 (Others) / 5.5.0 customizable customizable

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Module mod_ssl is part of Apache since 2.0.
  2. ^ http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/new_features_2_0.html
  3. ^ a b Depends on the Apache version.
  4. ^ http://perl.apache.org/download/index.html
  5. ^ a b c As add-on or plug-in to the main package.
  6. ^ JAMP provides WordPress, Textcube and Zeroboard as a blog platform.
  7. ^ a b This package was built with lighttpd, instead of Apache HTTPd.
  8. ^ MoWeS provides lots of other applications as packages to download such as TYPO3, WordPress, Joomla, and Moodle. Additionally it comes with Tomcat and PostgreSQL
  9. ^ MySQL 32 and 64 Bit Versions are available
  10. ^ Full 64Bit Version of WampServer (Unofficial Apache and PHP builds)
  11. ^ XAMPP bundles for different OS slightly different packages.
  12. ^ a b http://www.apachefriends.org/winxampp/readme_en.txt
  13. ^ a b http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html
  14. ^ Since XAMPP 1.7.2 Perl is part of the basic package
  15. ^ ZIP and EXE (RAR) Windows packages portable configuration is possible during setup or using XAMPP Launcher (optional) by PortableApps.com
  16. ^ http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/new_features_2_0.html
  17. ^ http://perl.apache.org/download/index.html