SoftNix Server
Free all-in-one local PHP & Laravel server for Windows
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Run PHP and Laravel projects on Windows in one click, completely free. Every folder becomes https://name.test. Includes Apache/Nginx, PHP 8.2–8.5, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Mailpit, Xdebug, a dump & log viewer, database snapshots, WebSocket realtime mode with phone testing, public share links and one-click deploy to your hosting.
PH · launched Nov 7, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views
Niche: software development environments · 118 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▲ +18% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Open Source
- Developer Tools
- GitHub
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More like this: all 118 launches in software development environments →
Could you build this?
Partial The UI and orchestration are buildable, but reliably bundling and configuring Apache, Nginx, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and PHP on Windows, plus local DNS, SSL, and tunneling, needs systems-level expertise.
What it would actually take: Build it as a Windows installer and service manager (C#/Electron or Go) that bundles pinned binaries for each runtime and generates per-project virtual hosts. The hard parts are local .test DNS and trusted HTTPS certificates, port conflicts, service lifecycle, and the WebSocket and public share-link tunneling. Requires someone comfortable with Windows networking, service management, and PHP/web server internals.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 217 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #112 of 218 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 363 days after the earliest competitor.
- Zefaro · ph · 2026-11-10 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.66
- hyphp · github · 2026-09-28 · 16 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- lampRabit · ph · 2026-10-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- PhpEZ · hn · 2026-08-29 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- Hanoo · ph · 2026-10-19 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- LocalPress · ph · 2026-10-28 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Lumina · ph · 2026-10-16 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- SHOW HN: I built the fastest PHP webserver in the world · hn · 2026-09-17 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.48
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