ServBay is more than just a local server environment: it is a powerful cornerstone for development

As a cornerstone for developers, ServBay, along with development IDEs like vscode, allows developers to dive into coding. It helps developers and teams efficiently deploy development environments, reduce maintenance costs, and significantly enhance the productivity of developers and development teams.

Download for macOS 12+ & Windows 10+ / Server 2012+
ServBay is more than just a local server environment: it is a powerful cornerstone for development

Built for how you actually develop

Easy to Use

Easy to Use

Time is money. Developers can freely switch between different versions of PHP, Node.js, and Python without needing to redownload them, saving a considerable amount of time. This allows developers to focus on the actual project development rather than wasting time on environment setup.

Born for Modern Teams

Born for Modern Teams

Compared to similar software, ServBay keeps pace with the times and maintains a high frequency of updates, allowing developers to stay current with the latest technologies. It has a rich array of packages, covering development languages like PHP, Node.js, and Python, as well as web servers and databases like Caddy, Nginx, and Apache, even Ollama. Developers can choose the versions they desire, significantly enhancing usability.

Unified Development Environment

Unified Development Environment

For team managers, maintaining consistency in the team’s development environment is a challenge. ServBay Team’s Unified Configuration helps development teams quickly align their development environments, facilitating real-time sharing and collaboration on work outcomes, especially beneficial for agile development teams that require high levels of collaboration, making project management and maintenance across the entire team simpler and more efficient.

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ServBay has Rich Features

ServBay supports multiple websites and can run multiple versions of PHP simultaneously with one-click switching. It also supports SSL certificates, ensuring the security of developers’ work. For experienced developers or teams, our professional edition is available for deeper feature configurations. For more details, please refer to our pricing page.
ServBay has Rich Features
Zero Code, Zero Configuration, One-Click Switch

Zero Code, Zero Configuration, One-Click Switch

ServBay provides rich packages including development languages like PHP, Node.js, and Python, as well as SQL databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB. No matter the version, we support one-click switching without the need to redownload software and can run different versions of software simultaneously. A standout feature of ServBay is its zero code and zero configuration, making it ready to use right out of the box with no worries. Both novices and seasoned developers can quickly set up their required development environment in just seconds.

Built-in Mail Server for Email Security

ServBay has a built-in mail server that supports SMTP and POP3 protocols, allowing users to easily send and receive emails. With no complicated configurations needed, STARTTLS and SSL/TLS encryption can be activated to ensure email security.
Built-in Mail Server for Email Security

Comparison of ServBay with XAMPP

Functionality
ServBay
XAMPP
Multiple PHP Versions ✓ ✗
Instant PHP Version Switching ✓ ✗
Databases (SQL & NoSQL) ✓ ✗
Custom Domain Names ✓ ✗
PKI System (SSL Certificates) ✓ ✗
Built-in DNS Server ✓ ✗
LLM (Ollama) ✓ ✗
Team Collaboration ✓ ✗

We have served countless excellent developers

"Since I started using ServBay, I have saved a lot of time and can take on more projects. Thank you, ServBay!"

Felix Hunter @ Full Stack Developer

"I initially thought that an integrated environment would not support a complete version of PHP, but ServBay surprised me. It even supports older versions like PHP 5.6, making it easier for me to maintain the company's legacy projects."

Sherzad @ PHP Enthusiast

"I am a PHP newbie. I started with XAMPP, which, while easy to extract and use, required a lot of reconfiguration for many features. I had to consult a lot of material, wasting a lot of time. I tried ServBay, expecting it to be complicated, but I was able to set up the features I needed with just a few clicks. It's really simple."

Phúc Thu Nhi @ PHP Beginner

"Just started using ServBay. I really like the excellent Node.js development environment it offers."

Code Ninja @ Node.js Learner

"Before using ServBay, we could only release new content about four times a year. Now, we can release new content every month. ServBay has helped us triple our release speed."

Jakub Smoluch @ Technical Team Lead

"I am very satisfied with ServBay. It is simple to use, runs quickly and lightly in my development environment."

Mingchen Zhao @ Full Stack Developer

Detailed feature comparison between ServBay and XAMPP

Features\Products
ServBay
ServBay Pro
ServBay Team
XAMPP
Pricing
Pricing
Free
$59 (Edu Plan: $29)
$399.00
Free
Free Trial
/
7 days
/
/
Licensed Users
/
1
10
/
Licensed Device
/
2/User
2/User
/
Additional User License
/
/
✓
/
Additional User Pricing (per user)
/
/
$39.90
/
Features
macOS Support
✓
✓
✓
✓
Native macOS App
Swift + SwiftUI
Swift + SwiftUI
Swift + SwiftUI
Cocoa + Objective-C
Supports macOS system versions
macOS 12+
macOS 12+
macOS 12+
macOS 12+
Windows support
✓
✓
✓
✓
Native Windows Application
C# + AvaloniaUI
C# + AvaloniaUI
C# + AvaloniaUI
/
Supports Windows system versions
Windows 10/11 & Windows Server 2012+
Windows 10/11 & Windows Server 2012+
Windows 10/11 & Windows Server 2012+
Windows 10/11
Installer Size
50 MB
50 MB
50 MB
156 MB
Upgradeable Package
✓
✓
✓
✗
Security Updates
✓
✓
✓
✗
Operating System
Non-intrusive Installation
✓
✓
✓
✓
Launch at Login
✓
✓
✓
✗
Start with System
✓
✓
✓
✗
CLI Support
✓
✓
✓
✓
GUI Interface
System Resource Monitor Panel
✓
✓
✓
✗
Quick Control / Menu Bar
✓
✓
✓
✗
Service Control Panel
✓
✓
✓
✓
Multilingual
✓
✓
✓
✗
User-friendly Application
✓
✓
✓
✗
Configurable via GUI
✓
✓
✓
✗
Easy Backup
✓
✓
✓
✓
Website Grouping
✗
✓
✓
✗
Web Servers
Apache
✓
✓
✓
✓
NGINX
✓
✓
✓
✗
Caddy
✓
✓
✓
✗
Websites / Hosts
Configurable via GUI
✓
✓
✓
✗
Multiple Websites
✓
✓
✓
✗
Max Websites
5
Unlimited
Unlimited
1
Custom Domains
✓
✓
✓
✗
Custom Ports
✗
✓
✓
✗
Custom SSL Certificate
✓
✓
✓
✗
Custom TLD
✓
✓
✓
✗
Multiple Domains / Aliases
✗
✓
✓
✗
Selectable PHP Version
✓
✓
✓
✗
URL Rewrite (Pseudo-static)
✓
✓
✓
✗
CORS Support
✗
✓
✓
✗
Static Site Support
✓
✓
✓
✓
Reverse Proxy
✓
✓
✓
✗
Docker/Node.js Proxy
✓
✓
✓
✗
Redirect (301/302)
✓
✓
✓
✗
SSL Support
PKI
✗
✓
✓
✗
ACME Certificate
✗
✓
✓
✗
ACME Auto-Renewal
✗
✓
✓
✗
ACME - Let's Encrypt
✗
✓
✓
✗
ACME - ZeroSSL
✗
✓
✓
✗
ACME - Google Trust Services
✗
✓
✓
✗
Self-signed SSL
✓
✓
✓
✗
ServBay Private CA
✓
✓
✓
✗
Private Domain Certificate
10
Unlimited
Unlimited
✗
Private S/MIME Certificate
2
10
30
✗
Private Code Signing Certificate
✗
2
10
✗
Private Document Signing Certificate
✗
5
30
✗
ServBay Public CA
✗
✓
✓
✗
Public Domain Certificate
✗
20
100
✗
Public S/MIME Certificate
✗
10
30
✗
Public Code Signing Certificate
✗
1
5
✗
Public Document Signing Certificate
✗
5
30
✗
Programming Languages
PHP Support
✓
✓
✓
✓
Multiple PHP Versions
5.3 ~ 8.6
5.3 ~ 8.6
5.3 ~ 8.6
8.0/8.1/8.2
PHP 8.4
✓
✓
✓
✗
PHP 8.5
✓
✓
✓
✗
Multiple PHP Instances
✓
✓
✓
✗
Instant PHP Version Switching
✓
✓
✓
✗
Node.js Support
✓
✓
✓
✗
Node.js 22
✓
✓
✓
✗
Node.js 23
✓
✓
✓
✗
Multiple Node.js Versions
12 ~ 25
12 ~ 25
12 ~ 25
/
Instant Node.js Version Switching
✓
✓
✓
✗
Bun supported
✓
✓
✓
✗
Deno Supported
✓
✓
✓
✗
Python 2.x
✓
✓
✓
✗
Python 3.x
✓
✓
✓
✗
Multiple Python Versions
2.7 & 3.5 ~ 3.14
2.7 & 3.5 ~ 3.14
2.7 & 3.5 ~ 3.14
/
Instant Python Version Switching
✓
✓
✓
✗
Go Support
✓
✓
✓
✗
Multiple Go Versions
1.11 ~ 1.26
1.11 ~ 1.26
1.11 ~ 1.26
/
Instant Go Version Switching
✓
✓
✓
✗
Java Support
✓
✓
✓
✗
Multiple Java Versions
7(1.7.0) ~ 25
7(1.7.0) ~ 25
7(1.7.0) ~ 25
/
Instant Java Version Switching
✓
✓
✓
✗
.NET Support
✓
✓
✓
✗
Multiple .NET Versions
2.0 ~ 10.0
2.0 ~ 10.0
2.0 ~ 10.0
/
Instant .NET Version Switching
✓
✓
✓
✗
Mono Support
✓
✓
✓
✗
Multiple Mono Versions
6.x
6.x
6.x
/
Ruby Support
✓
✓
✓
✗
Multiple Ruby Versions
2.4 ~ 4.0
2.4 ~ 4.0
2.4 ~ 4.0
/
Instant Ruby Version Switching
✓
✓
✓
✗
Rust Support
✓
✓
✓
✗
Multiple Rust Versions
1.x
1.x
1.x
/
Databases
MySQL Support
✓
✓
✓
✗
Multiple MySQL Versions
5.1 ~ 9.6
5.1 ~ 9.6
5.1 ~ 9.6
/
Multiple MySQL Instances
✗
✓
✓
/
Instant MySQL Version Switching
✓
✓
✓
✗
MariaDB Support
✓
✓
✓
✓
Multiple MariaDB Versions
10.4 ~ 12.1
10.4 ~ 12.1
10.4 ~ 12.1
✗
Multiple MariaDB Instances
✗
✓
✓
✗
Instant MariaDB Version Switching
✓
✓
✓
✗
PostgreSQL Support
✓
✓
✓
✗
Multiple PostgreSQL Versions
10 ~ 18
10 ~ 18
10 ~ 18
/
Multiple PostgreSQL Instances
✗
✓
✓
/
Instant PostgreSQL Version Switching
✓
✓
✓
/
MongoDB Support
✓
✓
✓
✗
Multiple MongoDB Versions
5.0 ~ 8.2
5.0 ~ 8.2
5.0 ~ 8.2
/
Multiple MongoDB Instances
✗
✓
✓
/
Instant MongoDB Version Switching
✓
✓
✓
/
Redis Support
✓
✓
✓
✗
Memcached Support
✓
✓
✓
✗
SQLite 3
✓
✓
✓
✗
AI
Ollama
✓
✓
✓
✗
Multi-threaded Model Download
✗
✓
✓
✗
AI Gateway
✓
✓
✓
✗
MCP Server
✓
✓
✓
✗
AI Client Integration
✓
✓
✓
✗
Mail Server
Built-in Mail Server
✗
✓
✓
✗
SSL/TLS
✗
✓
✓
✗
STARTTLS
✗
✓
✓
✗
SMTP
✗
✓
✓
✗
POP3
✗
✓
✓
✗
Mail Relay
✗
✓
✓
✗
Webhook
✗
✓
✓
✗
SpamAssassin
✗
✓
✓
✗
DNS
Built-in DNS Server
✓
✓
✓
✗
Custom Domains
5
Unlimited
Unlimited
✗
hosts File Management GUI
✗
✓
✓
✗
Domain Resolution via /etc/hosts
✓
✓
✓
✗
Domain Resolution via Local Built-in DNS Server
✓
✓
✓
✗
Tunnels / Reverse Proxy
ServBay
✗
✓
✓
✗
Cloudflared
✗
✓
✓
✗
FRP
✗
✓
✓
✗
Ngrok
✗
✓
✓
✗
Pinggy.io
✗
✓
✓
✗
Search Engine
Typesense
✗
✓
✓
✗
Meilisearch
✗
✓
✓
✗
Object Storage
MinIO
✗
✓
✓
✗
Tools
phpMyAdmin
✓
✓
✓
✓
Adminer
✓
✓
✓
✗
Git
✓
✓
✓
✗
SVN (Subversion)
✓
✓
✓
✗
OpenSSL
✓
✓
✓
✓
Composer 2.2 LTS
✓
✓
✓
✗
Composer
✓
✓
✓
✗
cURL
✓
✓
✓
✓
npm
✓
✓
✓
✗
pnpm
✓
✓
✓
✗
yarn
✓
✓
✓
✗
Apache Maven
✓
✓
✓
✗
Customization
Project-level Custom Configuration
✓
✓
✓
✗
Custom PHP Settings
✗
✓
✓
✗
PHP FPM Settings
✗
✓
✓
✗
PHP Extension Settings
✗
✓
✓
✗
Node.js Settings
✓
✓
✓
✗
Python Settings
✓
✓
✓
✗
Redis Settings
✗
✓
✓
✗
Memcached Settings
✗
✓
✓
✗
MySQL Settings
✗
✓
✓
✗
MariaDB Settings
✗
✓
✓
✗
PostgreSQL Settings
✗
✓
✓
✗
MongoDB Settings
✗
✓
✓
✗
Email Server Settings
✗
✓
✓
✗
Ollama Settings
✗
✓
✓
✗
Backup
Backup to External Storage
✗
✓
✓
✗
Automatic Scheduled Backup
✗
✓
✓
✗
Scheduled Backup - Daily
✗
✓
✓
✗
Scheduled Backup - Weekly
✗
✓
✓
✗
Scheduled Backup - Monthly
✗
✓
✓
✗
Manual Backup
✗
✓
✓
✗
Manual Backup Restore
✗
✓
✓
✗
ServBay Configuration
✗
✓
✓
✗
Website
✗
✓
✓
✗
Single / Multiple Websites
✗
✓
✓
✗
SSL Certificate
✗
✓
✓
✗
Single / Multiple SSL Certificates
✗
✓
✓
✗
MySQL
✗
✓
✓
✗
Multiple MySQL Servers
✗
✓
✓
✗
Single / Multiple MySQL Databases
✗
✓
✓
✗
MariaDB
✗
✓
✓
✗
Multiple MariaDB Servers
✗
✓
✓
✗
Single / Multiple MariaDB Databases
✗
✓
✓
✗
PostgreSQL
✗
✓
✓
✗
Multiple PostgreSQL Servers
✗
✓
✓
✗
Single / Multiple PostgreSQL Databases
✗
✓
✓
✗
Development Tools
Development Libraries
✓
✓
✓
✓
Recompilation Support
✓
✓
✓
✓
Additional PHP Extension Compilation
✓
✓
✓
✓
Team
Team Management
✗
✗
✓
✗
Share To Team
✗
✗
Coming Soon
✗
Unified Configuration
✗
✗
Coming Soon
✗
Virtual Dev Network
✗
✗
Coming Soon
✗
Support
AI Assistant
✓
✓
✓
✗
Self-service Diagnostic Tool
✓
✓
✓
✗
Documentation
✓
✓
✓
✓
Community
✓
✓
✓
✓
Email
✗
✓
✓
✗
Paid Support
✗
✓
✓
✗
Discord
✓
✓
✓
✗
Telegram
✓
✓
✓
✗
WhatsApp
✗
✓
✓
✗
Line
✗
✓
✓
✗
WeCom
✗
✓
✓
✗
WeChat Group
✓
✓
✓
✗

Frequently Asked Questions

If you have more questions, please visit the Help Center.
What is ServBay and why should I use it?

ServBay provides a one-stop local web development environment and is a powerful cornerstone for development. It includes everything you need, such as web servers, databases, programming languages, mail servers, and queue services. Just add IDEs like vscode, and developers can jump straight into coding with no additional setup required.

Is there a free version of ServBay?

ServBay has a free version. For most users, the free version is sufficient for their daily development needs. For experienced developers or development teams that require custom services, our paid version is available. For more details, please refer to our pricing page.

Should I use ServBay or XAMPP?

Unlike XAMPP, ServBay offers flexible PHP, Node.js, and Python environments, allowing developers to switch between different versions with just a click, without needing to redownload. Moreover, ServBay provides a more secure development service, including SSL support and STARTTLS and SSL/TLS encryption.

XAMPP can only use the same software stack; is ServBay the same?

No, it’s not. ServBay boasts a rich array of packages that cover various versions of PHP, Node.js, Python, and a variety of SQL and NoSQL databases. Users can run them simultaneously and choose the appropriate software for their projects freely. More importantly, this feature is available at no cost.

I’m a newbie. Is ServBay easy to use?

There's no need to worry. ServBay features a powerful GUI, allowing developers to stack the modules they need together like building with LEGO, achieving zero configuration and zero code for a ready-to-use experience. Whether you are a novice or an experienced developer, you can easily set up the services you need.

Is ServBay suitable for team usage?

Absolutely! ServBay is designed to help teams create a consistent and maintainable development environment. With ServBay's Unified Configuration feature, team managers can control and deploy configurations, unifying the development environments of the entire team, thus reducing discrepancies in the team’s development environment and code.

The Next Generation Development Tool

1 app, 2 clicks, and 3 minutes are all you need to set up your web development environment. No need to compile and install dependencies, non-intrusive to the system. Includes various versions of programming languages, databases, domain names, SSL certificates, email servers, and reverse proxies.

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