Ampstaq v2.0.0
Ampstaq v2.0.0
Modern, portable local development stack for Windows — a single Go binary replacing XAMPP and Laragon.
Highlights
- Native GUI control panel with system tray (Wails v2 + Bootstrap 5.3 dark theme)
- Single UAC prompt at startup — all admin operations run without further elevation
- Single-instance guard — second launch exits instantly, no duplicate tray icons
- Multi-PHP version management (7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5)
- Auto virtual hosts with SSL certificates (drop folder in www/)
- Stable-only update checker — filters out RC/beta/preview releases
- Major version awareness (e.g. MariaDB 12.x shown as informational note)
- Full CLI with Cobra commands, or GUI with no arguments
Components
| Component | Version |
|---|---|
| PHP | 8.5.4 (default) + 5 more |
| MariaDB | 11.8.6 |
| Apache | 2.4.66 |
| Nginx | 1.28.3 |
| Redis | 8.6.2 |
| Node.js | 24.14.1 LTS |
| Composer | 2.9.5 |
| phpMyAdmin | 5.2.3 |
| Mailpit | 1.29.4 |
Downloads
ampstaq.exe— minimal, downloads components on firstampstaq setupampstaq-full-v2.0.0.zip— full bundle with all component packages (~214MB)