Laragon is the benchmark on Windows. On Mac it is not native; teams use Parallels + Windows or look for a macOS equivalent.
MacFullStack as “Laragon for Mac”
www/folder, many sites, PHP/MySQL/Redis out of the box- Native without VM — Apple Silicon native
- Bitrix and archive import — stronger than typical Laravel-only tooling
When Laragon in a VM still wins
- Client mandates Windows + OSPanel/Laragon.
- Legacy Bitrix EXE tooling.
For daily PHP on Mac, MacFullStack beats a VM. Compare · Download.