Laragon is a local development environment.

Installation

Follow the official documentation to install Laragon.

Download Laragon 2025 v7.0.6 - Full (222 MB)

I use Laragon Full (64-bit): Apache 2.4, Nginx, MySQL 9.1/8.4, PHP 8.4/8.3/8.2/8.1, Node.js 22/23, Python 3.13, Redis, Memcached, PostgreSQL 15/16/17, npm, git

Reload PATH

Change mysql root password

Windows CMD

mysql --user=root

First delete the default mysql root user and create a new mysql root user, because the default one can only be used with Linux root account, and so not available for the webserver and php scripts.

DROP USER 'root'@'localhost';

CREATE USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Install Phpmyadmin

Use Tools -> Quick adds -> Phpmyadmin