XAMPP – The Portable Freeware Collection

XAMPP is an integrated server package with mail, Web, FTP, and WebDAV. Named for Apache + MariaDB + Filezilla + PHP + Perl (AMPP) plus Mercury and Tomcat, the program includes a open software packages combined to power the various services, including JSP Java, OpenSSL, and more.

Also available for OSX and Linux.

Notes:

1. To also add Python:
   1. Download Python’s embedded (i.e. portable) version
   2. Extract it in any folder you like
   3. In XAMPP’s control panel, click Config=>Apache (httpd.conf)
   4. Add AddHandler cgi-script .py into the end of the file (see this blog post for other info)
   5. Start your PY files with #!..Pythonpython.exe (or wherever else you extracted the Python folder)
2. One useful function of this program is the Wiki on a stick tool that works with XAMPP.
3. XAMPP has add-on capabilities, currently only a WordPress installation (but previously also a portable MediaWiki).