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24 alternatives to MAMP

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. MAMP launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Sandstorm.io▲101

   A better way to run a personal server

   2015 · sandstorm.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   MAMP PRO 7▲4

   Your local web development solution

   2024 · mamp.info · its alternatives →

3. 3
   ServBay▲399

   Hello HN, I’m one of the creators of ServBay. I built this because I got tired of the cognitive load required just to start coding. On my Mac, it was a fragile mix of Homebrew services and asdf conflicts. On Windows, managing PATH variables and fighting with Docker Desktop's resource usage was equally frustrating. I missed the simplicity of the MAMP/XAMPP era, but I needed to support modern stacks (Go, Rust, Node, etc.). What it is: ServBay is a native local development environment for both macOS and Windows. It is not a wrapper around Docker or VMs. It bundles everything you need into…

   2024 · servbay.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   CtrlOps▲244

   Deploy, Debug & Manage Linux Servers with AI.

   May 2026 · ctrlops.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   MAMP PRO 4

   Local development servers for Mac and Windows

   2017 · mamp.info · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Better Window Manager▲233

   A tiny window management app for the Mac

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Servor▲99

   One console to run and monitor all your servers

   10d ago · servor.app · its alternatives →

8. 8
   NodeCraft▲68

   Setup A Gaming Server In Less Than A Minute

   2014 · try.nodecraft.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   BOSS Console▲94

   A tiny OS for your always-on agents

   7d ago · bossconsole.ai · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Boundary Free▲74

    Server and App Monitoring

    2014 · domaineasy.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Commando.io▲90

    Manage servers easily online.

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Tempfile.cloud▲78

    Free temporary file storage up to 1 gigabyte

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    5 Minute Storage▲75

    Temporary file sharing service

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    mRemoteNG▲7

    Free tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager

    2016 · mremoteng.org · its alternatives →

15. 15
    An Useful MCP Server▲8

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16MS
    Micro Server – run and manage microservices locally and in the cloud▲6

    2020 · medium.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    MAMP 5▲8

    Your local web development solution

    2018 · mamp.info · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Now Dev▲15

    Serverless, on localhost.

    2019 · vercel.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    New Kind of Servers Monitoring Nearing Completition (GitHub.com)▲7

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Jackal 0.4 – XMPP server (added cluster mode support)▲5

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21FE
    First ever MQTT and XMPP dual-protocol server▲8

    2018 · blog.process-one.net · its alternatives →

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    Server.Js▲11

    Powerful Server for Node.js

    2017 · serverjs.io · its alternatives →

23. 23GA
    GM8.app – Deploy and manage game servers from discord▲5

    2018 · gm8.app · its alternatives →

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    Serveo▲7

    Expose local servers to the internet

    2019 · serveo.net · its alternatives →

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