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WordPress Studio vs XAMPP: catalog facts
WordPress Studio	XAMPP
Free Free to download and use.	Free Free to download and use. Components are under their own open-source licences.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux
Desktop app and scriptable CLI share the same tool Builds for macOS, Windows and Linux on Intel and ARM	One installer produces a working Apache, MariaDB and PHP environment Control panel starts and stops each service without editing config files
Focused on WordPress only Studio Code agent is still in beta	Configured for convenience, not security; it is not meant to face the internet Bundled component versions lag upstream releases
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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