Many people know from their own experience that it's not easy to install an Apache web server and it gets harder if you want to add MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start.

At the moment there are four XAMPP versions:

* a version for Linux systems (tested for Ubuntu, SuSE, RedHat, Mandrake and Debian),
* a version for Windows 98, NT, 2000, 2003 and XP,
* a beta version for Solaris SPARC (developed and tested under Solaris 8),
* and a beta version for Mac OS X.

This Mac OS X and Solaris versions of XAMPP are still in the first steps of development. Use at you own risk!

FileZilla Server is a small, fast and reliable FTP/SFTP Server. The server looks like the famous G6, but it is free.

HttpSpy is a HTTP monitoring utility that captures and displays HTTP network traffic on a system in real-time. It supports all HTTP traffic, including HTTPS, HTTP 1.1, Keep-Alives and Chunking. HttpSpy also includes a powerful Modem Simulator tool that slows down the downloading of web pages as if the use is connected over a slow modem. It begins capturing traffic when you start it, and its output can be saved to a file for off-line viewing. It has full search capability, and if you find that you're getting information overload, simply set up one or more filters. It is an excellent debugging and analysis tool for the developer writing web applications and for the web page designer that wants to analyze how a their web pages download over a slow connection.

HttpSpy works on Windows XP, NT 4.0, Windows 98 and Windows Me. It uses the Microsoft .NET framework which if its not already installed can be installed separately.

The best thing about HttpSpy is that it is absolutely free.

VertrigoServ was developed to make available a highly professional and easily installable package of Apache (HTTP web server), PHP (reflective programming language), MySQL (multithreaded, multi-user, SQL Database Management System), SQLite (ACID-compliant relational database management system), SQLiteManager (multilingual web based tool to manage SQLite database), PhpMyAdmin (tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL) and Zend Optimizer (which increases runtime performance up to 40%) for Windows platform. With a convenient all-in-one installer, all components are installed in a single directory and can be used immediately after the installation process has copleted. An uninstaller allows you to remove the VertrigoServ from hard disc. It is designed to be as small and flexible as possible and is therefore highly suitable for internet distribution. VertrigoServ is excellent both for beginners and for advanced users.

Abyss Web Server 1.0 is a free personal web server. Though small, it supports HTTP/1.1, CGI scripts, partial downloads, caching negotiation, index files and directory aliases. It also features an easy to use remote web management interface. With Abyss Web Server, hosting your web site and your PHP or Perl scripts is a matter of a few minutes.