A new version of Laragon is arriving

[leokhoa]

After nearly two years, Laragon 6 continues to perform excellently with nearly 1 million downloads. I'm dedicated to further improving Laragon. Therefore, a new version of Laragon will be released soon.

I want to express my gratitude to Alexander Walther (https://github.com/alxndr-w) for his generous support, which motivates me greatly:

Also massive thanks to the incredible Laragon contributors!
Your contributions are truly transforming Laragon for the better.

[Jbrs007]

This is good news, I am studying and Laragon was recommended to me, I am currently working on my final project (thesis) and I was looking at other options.

I am very excited about this update.

[alnahian2003]

Laragon is the best! Glad you'll release a new version ✨
Can't wait 😊

[CodeUmair]

Great News! Please consider adding features like this: https://github.com/dansleboby/LMPA
Add options to easily install multiple PHP versions, and when we change any PHP version CLI version also changes.

Thank you.

[arif98741]

exactly

[yogeshgalav]

Can you add this link to laragon GUI
https://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/archives/

[LebToki]

Maybe make this the index page and the inbox comes handy to manage the sendmail limitations
https://github.com/LebToki/Index-for-Laragon

[xianyunleo]

This tool makes it easy to install multiple PHP versions
https://github.com/xianyunleo/EServer

[husnilkhatimi]

Can you add this link to laragon GUI https://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/archives/

I made an updated-repackaged version of Laragon to include latest PHP and other packages. The list also can be updated via Menu. And added Mailpit, Localtonet

https://github.com/husnilkhatimi/laragonzo

[FlavioSuarez]

Great News!!

Edit:

As a noobie, the only missing feature to me is the support to SublimeText...
I could'nt figure out how to have it available on Laragon.

My bad...
I tried again and could get SublimeText working!
Maybe when I failed I was using the portable version... Now, on the full version, worked like a charm!

Beside this, all new features will be appreciated!!!
Looking forward the new version!

[dustinatx]

That's great to hear!

[xpanos]

Thats really good news!! Thanx for ur project, its really helping as a lot.

Have you any details about the update, features, dates, etc to give us a taste?

[fsay2604]

Awesome! Thank you for your project!

[vikito755]

Laragon was the main server for development used at one of my first jobs. :)

[riptin]

You're doing gods work. Best of luck!

[Chlitzxer]

Great news excellent! I am happy that laragon still under development, it would be great to see what is coming :)

[arif98741]

No doubt , laragon is awesome. Your effort for this development tool is mind-blowing. I have been using this for last three years. Hope to see upcoming latest release.

[arafat-web]

Exciting to see Laragon's growth and nearly 1 million downloads! Huge thanks to Alexander Walther for his support and to all contributors for making Laragon better. Can't wait for the new version! Your work is truly appreciated. 🌟

[HassanDomeDenea]

Can't wait, thanks for all the efforts 🙏🙏🌹
Any expected timelines?

[iammuttaqi]

Good to hear that. Any new features to introduce?

[daugaard47]

Absolutely thrilled to hear about the upcoming version of Laragon!

Today I gave Laravel Herd a try, and while it's very promising, the lack of MySQL in its free version and $100 annual price tag on the Pro version means I'll be sticking with Laragon for the foreseeable future.

Just a bit of unsolicited advice... In this new version, consider introducing tiered plans: Free, Pro, and Forever.

Draw inspiration from Herd's sleek interface and incorporate MySQL into the Free tier. This alone will set you apart. Then introducing a Pro option with specialized developer tools priced at $50 annually (half the price of Herd), and a Forever plan at $150, could present an attractive proposition to your user base.

If version 6 had 1 million downloads, here are some potential revenue outcomes for the new version:

• If 25% of those users paid $50 a year, that's $12,500,000.
• If 10% of those users paid $50 a year, that's $5,000,000.
• If 5% of users paid $50 a year and another 5% opted for the $150 forever plan, that's $10,000,000.
• If 15% of users paid $50 a year and another 10% opted for the $150 forever plan, that's $22,500,000.

Even charging $5 and $15 you would have enough to never have to work again:

• If 25% of those users paid $5 a year, that's $1,250,000.
• If 10% of those users paid $5 a year, that's $500,000.
• If 5% of users paid $5 a year and another 5% opted for the $15 lifetime plan, that's $1,000,000.
• If 15% of users paid $5 a year and another 10% opted for the $15 lifetime plan, that's $2,250,000.

You've given so much to this community I feel it's only right that you get rewarded. I would be happy to purchase a Forever plan.
I wish you all the best and cannot wait to see how this all unfolds.

[SirLouen]

@leokhoa yes, I agree, and this is why I'm using Laragon. For stateful services, it's a good idea. Although I'm pretty sure that 90% of the Laragon user-base is using it for stateless services, so this makes no point.

Looking forward to seeing what's coming up with the new version.

[fjeddy]

@SirLouen As a pro, I can tell you that you sound retarded. You're the typical "My way is the only way" developer. You don't sound "pro" at all. But then again, you referenced WordPress, so how pro can you really be ;)

[LebToki]

You know who is the retarded here ? It is you puking your thoughts against the rest. WordPress? Go do the research buddy it powers 9x% of the websites and devs here love Laragon for what it brings together as a solid stack ! Get a life ! Sorry but your comments just triggered such a response in me !

[alxndr-w]

About WordPress: In Germany, we have great sayings like "Sh*t must taste good - thousands of flys can't be wrong!" and "with a golden hammer, every problem is a nail".

[Sophist-UK]

Just a bit of unsolicited advice... In this new version, consider introducing tiered plans: Free, Pro, and Forever.

I disagree vehemently. The demographic for Laragon is hobbyists (who are individuals with Windows PCs) rather than commercial development shops (who use Linux and who will set up their own infrastructure). You will get more money IMO by making the product truly excellent and asking for donations in return for the benefits people get.

[dimitrisp2]

Just sponsored you for a little bit that I can. Hopefully you can keep maintain this awesome project if more people do sponsor. Laragon really transformed my web development experience.

[DaRKeN58]

Looking forward to that new version. Thank you very much. ^_^

[Sadicko]

I have been looking forward to the new version since March. Are there any updates for us?

[leokhoa]

@Sadicko: The development needs time. I will inform when it is ready.

[Sadicko]

@Sadicko: The development needs time. I will inform when it is ready.

It's great to hear that. @leokhoa

[luisAntonioLAGS]

@Sadicko: The development needs time. I will inform when it is ready.
Take your time, it's still free so we can be picky. I would like to donate, but PayPal has high commissions in my country.

It would be great if you added support for MySQL 8 and 9, I think it will take time, for now Laragon 6 works great.

[alxndr-w]

@leokhoa did you read our other messages in this discussion? The community is worried about you, including me.

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[Zeeshan607]

I have been using Laragon for the past 5 years it is a fantastic tool. still, it has some problems with showing error alerts it is my second day I am trying to fix the Laragon error which says "Oops! Laragon detects exceptions invalid class" Now what is mean by invalid class this does not give any clue where to look to solve this issue, I am unable to restart the Apache server, I tried checking for the port issue but didn't find anything yet, on the internet there only 2 discussions related to this issue, one says rollback your windows updates and other says to follow some commands but both did not work in my case
facing this issue in Laragon 6.0, if any one has solution for this please share

please make the new version more friendly so users can troubleshoot every problem

[mshoaibawanART]

After nearly two years, Laragon 6 continues to perform excellently with nearly 1 million downloads. I'm dedicated to further improving Laragon. Therefore, a new version of Laragon will be released soon.

I want to express my gratitude to Alexander Walther (https://github.com/alxndr-w) for his generous support, which motivates me greatly:

Also massive thanks to the incredible Laragon contributors! Your contributions are truly transforming Laragon for the better.

Can you please tell us the release date?

[phoringit]

It will be more powerful -

1. with mail server capability, it missing mail server
2. auto ssl need improvement, when add new project it regenerate ssl that remove manually entered value

[ppfoong]

You can use the mail catcher for mail content inspection and also use Gmail as SMTP server.

It is very easy to setup, just follow the tutorial instruction.

[RedDragon2X5]

@leokhoa
Thank you for your continued work on Laragon, Leo. I've been relying on it since 2020 when I started tinkering with Laravel.
One requirement that comes to mind for me personally is the ability to configure Laragon to use Jenkins to run my CI/CD pipelines on my local machine. I thought it might be possible to do so, seeing that Laragon is already employing Nginx, Apache, and Redis servers.

I've searched around for some possible guidance on whether it can be done, but nothing clear or definitive is showing up. (the forum used to provide a lot of valuable insight, but unfortunately, you had to shut it down) Your thoughts on the possibilities of configuring such an implementation would be highly appreciated.

[philkobby]

Thanks to all the contributors for this awesome project 🎉

[mshoaibawanART]

Hi, I've a suggestion for Laragon documentation, add process of update PHP version, Apache, MySQL, Nginx, Redis on Laragon website so we don't need to search on internet or forums for update of versions. That would be great for us.

[Sophist-UK]

That would be an easy fix - or perhaps if Leo @leokhoa harnessed the support of all us users who benefit, we could between us enhance Laragon to have scripted installation functionality to install the versions of PHP / MySQL / Apache / nginx etc. that a user wants (like Laravel Herd does).

[Sophist-UK]

@leokhoa Leo

It is now more than 6 months since you announced this new version of Laragon. What can the community do to help you get it out the door?

• Do you need alpha testers?
• Do you need people to help with documentation?
• What else could we help with?

[mshoaibawanART]

I don't know when we get Laragon version 7?

I download the MySQL 8.4 version and place it in Laragon bin/mysql directory but it 8.4 version is not working in Laragon version 6 now we've MySQL version 9 which is not working.

Do something quickly.

[Sophist-UK]

IMO people saying "do something quickly" and "time [being] really important" have a pretty darned ungrateful attitudes to take.

@leokhoa has developed Laragon in his own time - and I imagine that a LOT of his time has gone into this - and then made the run-time version available for free for us to use, and also made the source code available if we want to tweak it. We have all benefited greatly from this generosity of time, effort and spirit, and if as users we don't like the existing functionality, we have various options other than criticising Leo for lengthy development cycles...

1. You can uninstall Laragon and switch to something different.

2. You can do a Github fork of the source and modify it / compile it for your own use.

3. Whilst I am not (at this stage) suggesting this - it is a BIG step - the community could band together to fork the project (as opposed to forking the repo for purposes of individual changes or PRs) and then work together to move it forward. However forking a project like this to take it forward (as opposed to forking the repo to code a PR) is a MAJOR step which should not be taken lightly - and to respect the efforts of Leo one which IMO should only be taken with his agreement or if he has abandoned the project completely.

4. My own suggestion (see the Discussion "Moving Laragon along...) is for @leokhoa to start to use a team approach to Laragon development, harnessing the willingness of community members to do a lot of the coding and documentation work.

5. Another suggestion, to mitigate the delays in a new version, would be to use the Discussions section here to create instructions on how to e.g. update PHP or MySQL to different versions to avoid every user having to work out how to do this for themselves.

[alxndr-w]

Totally agree with you @Sophist-UK

Discussions section here to create instructions on how to e.g. update PHP or MySQL

Me and others did that here: https://github.com/leokhoa/laragon/wiki

While it's a problem that the "out-of-the-box" feeling in Laragon is now gone, it's still way faster and robust than setting up docker or xampp.

[Sophist-UK]

While it's a problem that the "out-of-the-box" feeling in Laragon is now gone, it's still way faster and robust than setting up docker or xampp.

Yes - I can speak from experience here.

I used Laragon 5 for a while. Then I decided I wanted a reproducible common platform-independent dev environment and spent some time playing with Docker. But in the end I decided that was simply too complicated and tricky - so switched back to Laragon 6.

[mshoaibawanART]

Well after using wamp, xampp and now I'm using Laragon, Laragon is the best I just said Laragon should add updating process into their own website.

[Sophist-UK]

@mshoaibawanART What you said can be read above, but in essence you said "time is really important" and not "add an updating process". When people can literally read what you said, claiming something different is not that smart.

[husnilkhatimi]

I made an updated-repackaged version of Laragon to include latest PHP and other packages. The list also can be updated via Menu. And added Mailpit, Localtonet

https://github.com/husnilkhatimi/laragonzo

[Sophist-UK]

This can happen if an actual malware writer uses inno setup to package his malware. The AV packages have learned to recognise the packager as a malware because of this.

[devusit]

I made an updated-repackaged version of Laragon to include latest PHP and other packages. The list also can be updated via Menu.

Hi @husnilkhatimi
I was curious about your repo, and since there's no issues or discussions tab... here I go:

1. Apache is not working, something wrong with your install setup. Any ideia why?
   Note that on leokhoa v6, apache works fine.

2. The inno setup doesn't show all the components about to install. ex: we cannot de-select Phyton only
   

3. I played with several PCs. On a win11 it installed the v6lite version, on a Win10 PC it instaled the v6full version. Why?
   Anyway... these issues persisted on both O.S.

[husnilkhatimi]

Hi @husnilkhatimi
I was curious about your repo, and since there's no issues or discussions tab... here I go:

Thanks for trying out my repackage version. For now, i purposely keep the discussion close, not wanting the community to split discussion, because my release is not really 'new version' of Laragon. Its mostly updated components.

1. For the first one, may i know on what windows version is this?

try click on setting (gear icon) and tick either one or both, apache / nginx. After that, click start all.

2. Issue no2 is some problem with inno setup component select-box styling, its hidden because the scroll bar not appear.

You can use arrow key to navigate, and use Space bar to check-uncheck the bottom components.

i disabled this styling in the 'beta' release. maybe can give it a try. hopefully this things fixed.

3. And for issue no3, that is how @leokhoa build Laragon. From my earlier tests,
   a. if you install it without Git, it will show Lite.
   b. if Git installed, it will show Full.

try to run the setup again (can be installed on the same directory), and select Git, and see if Lite changes to Full

Thank you.

[Sophist-UK]

2 weeks ago @leokhoa said :

@Sophist-UK: Thank you for your advice.

Leo, I do not want to pressure you but this does not seem to me to be that difficult a concept to think about and make a decision on. We all have time to ponder things like this whilst we are in the shower, on the bus etc.

As users, all of us have benefited from your generosity in making this available, and we would not want to disrespect that by supporting a more open-source, team-oriented competing project, but I genuinely worry that eventually someone will run out of patience and code up a competitor to Laragon and you will lose the majority of your user base in a matter of days. I have seen this happen before.

So, PLEASE, let us help you to make Laragon a better product in a way that will NOT take any ownership or control or kudos away from you, and please come to a decision soon.

P.S. If you think it would help to chat things through, I have sent you an invite to a private Telegram group I created for just this purpose. Joining this for a discussion will NOT commit you to anything, but will hopefully give you a better insight into why it will be beneficial to harness community efforts to help you.

[devusit]

Hi @husnilkhatimi
I was curious about your repo, and since there's no issues or discussions tab... here I go:

Thanks for trying out my repackage version. For now, i purposely keep the discussion close, not wanting the community to split discussion, because my release is not really 'new version' of Laragon. Its mostly updated components.

Yes... we don't want that! I've seen it before, repos dying too fast unfortunately.
Let's hold-on and keep Laragon comunity close by.

1. For the first one, may i know on what windows version is this?

Win10 & Win11. Like I said, on both OS there's no Apache and not possible to start it from Laragon (also, it's greyd out on preferences).
After a few tests, I just found out that the only way to make Apache work and show-up on Menu, is by choosing Nginx on your innosetup. Weird...

2. Issue no2 is some problem with inno setup component select-box styling,

Yes, I confirm that, blindly (arrow+spacebar) we can select individual components. With the help of the following screen, we can make sure we nailed them.

3. And for issue no3, that is how @leokhoa build Laragon. From my earlier tests,
   Yes it was!! Uncheking gitportable ('cause I already have mine) was the reason for installing the lite version

Thank you.

Thank you for your feedback, let's cross our fingers and hope @leokhoa will get there...

[mshoaibawanART]

@leokhoa can you please tell us the date of new version of Laragon?

[Sophist-UK]

How long is a piece of string when measured by an elastic tape measure?

[imxiny]

That's great to hear!

[LebToki]

@leokhoa .
It's sad when you have a product with a good potential and supporting user base and a fruitful community and yet you don't share an hour over the weekend to support their efforts in return!
if you are really no longer interested, why don't you admit it for once, and let us find our path elsewhere!
how many pull request do we have to send for you to commit ? Like seriously !
I assume you do take a leak in the day and carry your phone along ! is it too hard ?

[alxndr-w]

@LebToki I understand your feelings but is this really the way you need to discuss this?

Also, @leokhoa never asked you to create a new dashboard. I really want to appreciate your work, but if it was my project, I wouldn't like to see this in laragon at all.

So why so angry for sth. you did that was never supposed to be pulled into the project at all?

That being said, I'm also sad @leokhoa doesn't want our help (yet), while we'd love to contribute. But it's not our decision.

[husnilkhatimi]

I think we shouldnt put so much presure on him (@leokhoa), because we really dont know whats his situation right now. I once need to put everything on hold for almost a year because need to take care a sick family member.

You know, this IT and coding stuffs, if we love it, its hard for us to put it a side. So for him to pause for a long time, I think he might has his own reason, maybe too personal to share (i think).

I understand the frustration of the community, myself also included, thats why i repacked my own version.

But we still need to remember the fact that this is his work. If he needs time, I think let he takes his time. In the mean time, the community still has options and alternatives.

[FlavioSuarez]

I think we shouldnt put so much presure on him (@leokhoa), because we really dont know whats his situation right now. I once need to put everything on hold for almost a year because need to take care a sick family member.

You know, this IT and coding stuffs, if we love it, its hard for us to put it a side. So for him to pause for a long time, I think he might has his own reason, maybe too personal to share (i think).

I understand the frustration of the community, myself also included, thats why i repacked my own version.

But we still need to remember the fact that this is his work. If he needs time, I think let he takes his time. In the mean time, the community still has options and alternatives.

I fully agree with you!
He must have his (very important) own reasons. We don't know.
Meanwhile, the community has workarounds for the issues...

[Sophist-UK]

@LebToki Whilst I think that we all genuinely understand your frustrations, as others have subsequently said we don't fully know his circumstances.

But I genuinely hope that @leokhoa will try hard to carve out enough time soon to discuss with some key people how the community's willingness to help can be harnessed whilst allowing him to retain full ownership and control of the project, and what might be needed technically inside the Laragon executable to maximise this synergy.