--- title: Shifting from Laragon to Herd on Windows | daily.dev description: This post compares Laragon and Herd, two PHP development tools, and provides tips on transitioning from Laragon to Herd on Windows. It discusses the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/shifting-from-laragon-to-herd-on-windows-cyuqnutbp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Shifting from Laragon to Herd on Windows | daily.dev og:description: This post compares Laragon and Herd, two PHP development tools, and provides tips on transitioning from Laragon to Herd on Windows. It discusses the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/shifting-from-laragon-to-herd-on-windows-cyuqnutbp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CYUQNUtbp.png og:image:alt: Shifting from Laragon to Herd on Windows og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Shifting from Laragon to Herd on Windows **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 5 min read · 25 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary This post compares Laragon and Herd, two PHP development tools, and provides tips on transitioning from Laragon to Herd on Windows. It discusses the installation of Laravel Herd, adding apps to Herd, and the built-in services in Herd. The post concludes by giving the verdict on using Laragon vs Herd. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@sergeybro** · 0 upvotes > I'm curious, how can I use Herd for my local php web server and just that? I'm a beginner learning php wanting to switch from XAMPP to Herd. Will this app drain more of my laptop battery life? **@robinskills** · 0 upvotes > This is a good article, but I am in the boat where not sure to switch because of the DB. Yes I do believe SQLite is the future, but knowing that Herd free is so limited and tools like XAMPP and Laragon offers you the possibility to add diverse DBs like Postgres makes me wander if I wanna switch or not. But hey this is my opinion, great article by the way. **@vedprakashmishra** · 0 upvotes > no need switch to herd, because laragon has diverse functionality, in someway better then xampp and herd, instead of launching herd , Laravel should fund the laragon ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/shifting-from-laragon-to-herd-on-windows-cyuqnutbp) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Shifting from Laragon to Herd on Windows","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/shifting-from-laragon-to-herd-on-windows-cyuqnutbp","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/shifting-from-laragon-to-herd-on-windows-cyuqnutbp"},"datePublished":"2024-05-15T07:23:07.462Z","dateModified":"2024-05-15T07:23:06.693Z","description":"This post compares Laragon and Herd, two PHP development tools, and provides tips on transitioning from Laragon to Herd on Windows. 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