---
title: "How to setup a real fast local Laravel development environment for Windows with pretty URLs (without Docker)"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-setup-a-real-fast-local-laravel-development-environment-for-windows-with-pretty-urls-without-qdlr1ru0w
source_url: https://en.laracraft.tech/blog/how-to-setup-a-real-fast-local-laravel-development-environment-for-windows-with-pretty-urls-without-docker
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2023-12-11T04:54:02.867Z
updated: 2023-12-11T04:54:00.567Z
tags: ["windows", "php", "laravel", "mysql"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 15
comments: 3
language: en
---

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# How to setup a real fast local Laravel development environment for Windows with pretty URLs (without Docker)

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 4 min read · 15 upvotes · 3 comments

## Summary

Learn how to set up a fast local Laravel development environment for Windows using WSL, native php, mysql, and nginx installation and configuration.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://en.laracraft.tech/blog/how-to-setup-a-real-fast-local-laravel-development-environment-for-windows-with-pretty-urls-without-docker>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@mtariqsajid** · 0 upvotes

> laragon for windows much better setup

**@hayden29** · 0 upvotes

> Does anyone else find WSL slow?

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Tags: [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#laravel](https://daily.dev/tags/laravel), [#mysql](https://daily.dev/tags/mysql)

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