There are multiple versions to choose from

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The MAMP solution is decidedly more complete but also more complex than the previous one. Essentially all MAMP does is create the LAMP stack on your machine, then you need to manually install WordPress and the necessary modules.However, this is different for MAMP PRO where you can install a WordPress environment in just a few clicks.Below are the main differences between the free version and the paid version (taken from the manufacturer's website).Wanting to focus right now on free solutions for local development of WordPress sites, we can note that the features of the free version are rather limited.



Mamp Pro Features comparison with free versionXAMPPXAMPP (pronounced “Shamp”!) is probably Special Data the oldest local development environment around and also the most complicated , perhaps because it offers large spaces for customizing the development environment.Xampp website screenshotXAMPP stands for X-platform Apache, MariaDB , PHP and Perl: it is certainly the only local server that still promotes Perl support as its main feature.XAMPP is available for Windows, Linux and OS X and is a completely free solution .This particular local development tool comes in two versions: regular XAMPP and XAMPP-VM.The former just installs the software we mentioned earlier in a directory on your computer, while the latter sets everything up on a Linux virtual machine.The regular version of the software is available for Windows, Linux-based systems, and macOS. XAMPP-VM, on the other hand, is only available for macOS.Xampp Control PanelThe XAMPP interface can be not very intuitive for inexperienced users.





The control panel, once the application has been installed, is available on the web (on your localhost ;-)) and offers you the link to the main Bitnami packages for installation of applications.So to install a WordPress environment locally you must first install XAMPP and then install the WordPress package from Bitnami .XAMPP offers you a perfect environment to run WordPress, but it is not a service created for WordPress and designed to be quick and easy to use.You'll have to fiddle with a few options just to get everything set up and if you don't know exactly what you're doing this can be quite frustrating.Additionally, things get a little complicated if you want to use XAMPP to run more than a single WordPress website at the same time. It's probably nothing you can't handle, but it's more work than using a tool designed with WordPress in mind.