Is EnvKit really free for commercial work?

Yes. There is no paid tier, no license key and no account. Commercial use is the same download as personal use.

Will I lose my databases when I switch?

No. The import dumps your Laragon MySQL and MariaDB databases and restores them into EnvKit, and it never changes Laragon itself.

Does EnvKit run on macOS?

Yes, on Apple Silicon Macs. Laragon is Windows only, so the Laragon import is on Windows, but the rest of the app is the same on both.

Is EnvKit portable like Laragon?

No. EnvKit is an installed app with its own data folder. Configuration export and import moves your setup to another machine.

Laragon alternative

A free Laragon alternative, with your sites imported in one click

Laragon now sells licenses, and the free copy shows a popup every time it starts. EnvKit is free for personal and commercial work, has no license key, and moves your Laragon projects, PHP extensions and databases over from its import wizard.

What Laragon costs now

Unlicensed: Non-commercial use only, a license popup when Laragon starts, no auto updates
Non-commercial license: $10 perpetual for one device, with one year of updates
Commercial license: $49 a year for one device, or $149 perpetual
Team license: $149 a year for 5 devices

Laragon details checked on 18 September 2026 against Laragon pricing. Prices and plans change; the linked pages are the authority.

What you get with EnvKit

Free for work, too
No license tiers, no device count, no reminder at startup. Freelance and company projects are covered the same as side projects.
Trusted HTTPS on every .test site
A local certificate authority is installed once, and every site gets a certificate your browser trusts. OAuth callbacks and secure cookies just work.
Per-site PHP, several databases
Pin PHP 7.4 on one project and 8.5 on the next, and run MariaDB and MySQL versions side by side on their own ports.
The rest of the stack, included
Redis, MongoDB, Mailpit, pgAdmin and mongo-express, cron jobs, Laravel Reverb and a Debug window for dump() and queries are one click away in the same app.
It repairs itself
When a port is taken or a config breaks, EnvKit names the cause and fixes most of it from the app, or your AI assistant does it over MCP.
Windows and macOS
The same app on Windows 10/11 and Apple Silicon Macs, in English, Arabic, German, Persian and Spanish.

Bring your Laragon setup over

Install EnvKit. The first-run wizard offers to import from Laragon, and it stays available later under Tools.
Point it at your Laragon install folder and the folder that holds your projects. They can be on different drives.
Every project becomes a .test site with trusted HTTPS, the PHP extensions Laragon had enabled are turned on, and your MySQL and MariaDB databases are brought across.

The import only reads from Laragon, so you can keep it installed while you decide. Stop its services first so the two do not fight over ports 80 and 3306.

Download for Windows Read the docs

Or install from the terminal

> irm https://envkit.net/install.ps1 | iex

Free, no account, no card. Windows 10/11 and macOS (Apple Silicon).

Questions people ask

Is EnvKit really free for commercial work?: Yes. There is no paid tier, no license key and no account. Commercial use is the same download as personal use.
Will I lose my databases when I switch?: No. The import dumps your Laragon MySQL and MariaDB databases and restores them into EnvKit, and it never changes Laragon itself.
Does EnvKit run on macOS?: Yes, on Apple Silicon Macs. Laragon is Windows only, so the Laragon import is on Windows, but the rest of the app is the same on both.
Is EnvKit portable like Laragon?: No. EnvKit is an installed app with its own data folder. Configuration export and import moves your setup to another machine.