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- Binaries are the main factor of Bearsampp. Some require to be run as a service like Apache and others are used on demand like Node.js.
- Applications are third-party utilities used by some binaries like phpMyAdmin used by PHP and MySQL / MariaDB. Each application has its own Apache alias (see bearsampp\alias folder).
- Tools are useful utilities to make Bearsampp better and enhance your developments.
- Highlight is an archived module
Modules
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adminer | application | a full-featured database management tool written in PHP. |
| Apache | binary | the world’s most used web server software. |
| Bruno | tool | Bruno IDE. |
| Composer | tool | a dependency manager for PHP. |
| ConsoleZ | tool | modified version of Console 2 for a better experience. |
| Ghostscript | tool | an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF. |
| Git | tool | a widely used version control system for software development. |
| Mailpit | binary | a Web and API based SMTP testing. |
| MariaDB | binary | a community-developed fork of the MySQL relational database management system intended to remain free under the GNU GPL. |
| Memcached | binary | a distributed memory object caching system. |
| MySQL | binary | an open-source relational database management system. |
| Ngrok | tool | an Ngrok is a globally distributed reverse proxy |
| Node.js | binary | an open-source, cross-platform runtime environment for developing server-side web applications. |
| Perl | tool | a family of high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming languages. |
| PHP | binary | a server-side scripting language designed for web development including PEAR and extra extensions. |
| phpMyAdmin | application | handle the administration of MySQL and MariaDB over the Web. |
| phpPgAdmin | application | a web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL. |
| PostgreSQL | binary | an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS). |
| Python | tool | a widely used high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. |
| Ruby | tool | a dynamic, reflective, object-oriented, general-purpose programming language. |
| Xlight | binary | a FTP server application. |
Typical installation
To install a new version of an application you have to :- Download and install Bearsampp.
- If you already have started Bearsampp, stop it.
- Download a module of your choice (like Apache).
We offer a service called QuickPick that allows you to simply select the module from a dropdown on localhost - Use a file archiver that supports 7z format like 7zip and extract the archive in bearsampp{bin|apps|tools}{name}\ :

For binaries
- Start Bearsampp
- Switch your binary to the downloaded version (Left click > {name} > Versions)
Otherwise,
- Edit the bearsampp.conf file and replace the key {name}Version with the correct version.
- Start Bearsampp