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MAMP vs Postgres.app

A side-by-side look at MAMP and Postgres.app. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

MAMP

MAMP

Development

MAMP is a local web development environment for macOS and Windows that allows developers to set up a local Apache web server, MySQL database server, and PHP and Perl interpreters on their own computer. It provides an integrated and easy way to get a fully functioning development stack running locally for building dynamic websites and web apps.

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Postgres.app

Postgres.app

Development

Postgres.app is a free and open source PostgreSQL server that is packaged as a macOS application. It aims to make it easy to set up a PostgreSQL server on Mac with a GUI tool rather than using the command line and manual configuration.

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