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Laragon Dashboard

A comprehensive web-based dashboard for managing Laragon development environment - MAMP competitor for Windows with modern UI

#🚀 Laragon Dashboard

A modern, feature-rich web-based dashboard for managing local development environments. Born on Windows, now evolved for Linux through Nucleus.

Version 4.0.7 — the latest Windows release with cross-platform enhancements. The journey continues on Linux.

#📖 The Story

Laragon Dashboard started as a passion project in 2023 — a modern web interface to replace Laragon's native control panel on Windows. It grew into a comprehensive MAMP competitor with service management, database browsing, project discovery, email management, server monitoring, and even an AI-powered code editor plugin.

Then I moved to Linux.

Rather than abandon this project, I built Nucleus — the spiritual successor. Nucleus takes everything learned from Laragon Dashboard and rebuilds it from the ground up for Linux (ZorinOS, Ubuntu, Mint) using systemd, native service management, and a modular architecture.

This repository remains the canonical Windows release. All future development happens in Nucleus. If you're on Windows, this is still your dashboard. If you're on Linux, Nucleus is waiting.

#🎯 v4.0.7 New Features (Ported from Nucleus)

This release brings Nucleus-inspired features to Laragon Dashboard:

  • Cross-Platform Service Management — Manage Apache, MySQL, Nginx, Redis, and more on both Windows and Linux
  • Per-Project Profiles — Configure .nucleus/profile.json per project with web engine, PHP version, database, cache, and SSL settings
  • Self-Signed SSL — Generate SSL certificates per project for local HTTPS development
  • Tunnel Integration — Expose local projects to the internet using LocalTunnel, Cloudflare, or ngrok
  • Enhanced Nginx Support — Full Nginx service management on Linux

#🖥️ Platform Support

Platform Status Project
Windows ✅ Fully supported This repo (Laragon Dashboard)
Linux ✅ Native Nucleus — the spiritual successor
macOS 🔜 Beta interest? Open an issue if you'd like to beta-test a macOS port

macOS users: If there's enough interest from beta-testers, we'll port Nucleus's architecture to macOS. The modular design (systemd → launchd, native service bridges) makes this feasible. Drop a comment on the issues page if you're interested.

Version PHP Bootstrap Windows Linux License GitHub

Stars Forks PRs Welcome

Laragon Dashboard

#✨ Screenshots

Dashboard Projects Databases Services Server Vitals

#🔮 Look to Nucleus

Nucleus is the Linux-native evolution of Laragon Dashboard. It's built from the ground up for Linux environments and addresses architectural limitations found in the Windows version.

Key improvements in Nucleus:

  • systemd-native service management — no Windows sc command hacks, proper Linux service control
  • Modular architecture — core logic decoupled from UI, easier to patch and extend
  • Improved authentication — robust local/remote access differentiation
  • Real process management — proper PID tracking, signal handling, graceful shutdowns
  • No Electron bloat — pure web technology, zero memory overhead (same philosophy, Linux-native execution)

If you're a contributor or fork maintainer: I highly recommend studying Nucleus's approach and adapting its refinements back to Laragon Dashboard. The architectural patterns are transferable.

#📋 Project Information

#💡 Why This Matters

Laragon has always been the fastest, most lightweight development environment for Windows. This dashboard brings that same philosophy to the web interface:

  • No Electron bloat — Pure web technology, zero memory overhead
  • Instant Startup — Access your dashboard immediately via localhost
  • Seamless Auth — Local Auto-Authorization pre-authorizes sessions from 127.0.0.1
  • Integrated Environment — Direct bridge between web UI and Laragon services
  • Native feel — WebSocket updates make it feel like a desktop app
  • Extensible — Plugin system for custom tools and integrations

#✨ Features

#🎛️ Service Management

  • Start/Stop/Restart services — Apache, MySQL, Nginx, Redis, Memcached, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Mailpit
  • Real-time status monitoring and port detection (Windows net/sc/query / Linux systemctl)
  • Automatic service version detection
  • Cross-platform service control (Windows + Linux)
  • Process-based services support (Nginx, Mailpit)
  • v4.0.7: Per-project profile configuration via .nucleus/profile.json
  • v4.0.7: Self-signed SSL certificate generation per project

#📁 Project Management

  • Automatic project discovery from www directory
  • Framework detection — WordPress, Laravel, Drupal, CodeIgniter, Symfony, CakePHP, Joomla
  • Search/filter, quick access links, framework-specific icons
  • Project actions menu with ignore functionality
  • Smart WP Admin button (auto-hides for non-WordPress projects)

#🗄️ Database Management

  • Universal database browser with real-time size calculations
  • Table explorer with schema viewer, row counts, indices, constraints
  • Safe SQL query runner (read-only mode)
  • Engine & collation tracking

#📧 Email Management (Mailpit)

  • Integrated email viewer for Laragon's sendmail output
  • Raw log to HTML transformation with searchable, color-coded tables
  • Mailpit sync for real-time local email monitoring
  • Email statistics and bulk operations

#📊 Server Monitoring

  • Real-time CPU, memory, and disk usage charts
  • PHP memory tracking
  • Multi-drive support
  • Interactive Chart.js visualizations

#📋 Log Viewer

  • Multi-log support (Apache, PHP, MySQL, Dashboard)
  • Configurable display (10-1000 lines)
  • One-click log clearing
  • Terminal-style display

#🛠️ Quick Tools

  • Cache management, database optimization
  • Git integration, Composer/NPM commands
  • PHP info viewer
  • SMTP configuration fix (auto-configure PHP for Mailpit)
  • v4.0.7: Tunnel integration (LocalTunnel, Cloudflare, ngrok)

#💾 Backup & Export

  • Full project backup with database
  • Configurable options (include/exclude vendor, cache)
  • Recent backups list with download
  • ZIP compression

#🔄 Update Management

  • GitHub-integrated update checks
  • Real-time download/install progress
  • Automated backup before updates

#🤖 AI Integration (Beta)

  • BYOK AI Agent — glassmorphic chat widget for scaffolding, troubleshooting, code assistance
  • System context bridge for real-time environment data

#🔌 Plugin System (4.0.4+)

  • CodePilot — AI-powered code editor with multi-provider support (Ollama, DeepSeek, Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.)
  • Monaco Editor (VS Code engine), full file browser
  • One-click install from GitHub
  • Auto-updates, enable/disable toggles

#🔒 Security

  • CSRF protection, security headers, rate limiting
  • Input sanitization, secure sessions
  • Content Security Policy, SQL injection protection

#🌍 Multi-language Support

  • 10 languages — English, German, Spanish, French, Dansk, Norwegian, Indonesian, Portuguese, Tagalog, Arabic

#🛠️ Installation

#Prerequisites

  • Laragon development environment installed
  • PHP 7.4+ with extensions: json, mbstring, openssl, pdo_mysql
  • MySQL/MariaDB server
  • Web server (Apache/Nginx)

#Quick Setup

#Option 1: Download ZIP (Recommended)

  1. Download from Releases page
  2. Extract to C:\laragon\www\Laragon-Dashboard\
  3. Edit C:\laragon\www\index.php: 
    <?php
header('Location: /Laragon-Dashboard/');
exit;
?>
  4. Access at http://localhost/

#Option 2: Git Clone

git clone https://github.com/LebToki/Laragon-Dashboard.git
move Laragon-Dashboard C:\laragon\www\Laragon-Dashboard

#Configuration

The dashboard auto-detects Laragon paths. Edit config.php to customize:

$LARAGON_ROOT = getLaragonRoot();          // Auto-detect
MYSQL_HOST = 'localhost';
MYSQL_USER = 'root';
MYSQL_PASSWORD = '';
APP_NAME = 'Laragon Dashboard';
APP_DEBUG = false;                         // Disabled by default
APP_ENV = 'production';

#📁 Project Structure

Laragon-Dashboard/
├── api/                    # API endpoints (services, databases, vitals, logs, tools, backup, update, mailpit)
├── assets/                 # CSS, JS, images, fonts
├── i18n/                   # Internationalization (8 languages)
├── includes/               # Router, UpdateManager, AdminerModule, ConfigMigrator, helpers
├── pages/                  # Page templates (dashboard, projects, services, databases, mailbox, vitals, logs, tools)
├── partials/               # Layout partials (layouts, head, sidebar, navbar, footer, scripts)
├── devfiles/               # Knowledge base, testing checklist, dev docs
├── config.php              # Main configuration
├── index.php               # Entry point and router
└── README.md               # This file

#🎯 Usage

  • Dashboard — Server info, project list, framework detection, quick access
  • Services — Start/stop/restart, real-time status, port monitoring
  • Projects — Browse, search, filter, framework detection, admin links
  • Databases — Browse, explore tables, run SELECT queries, optimize
  • Mailbox — Email stats, search, read, delete, export
  • Server Vitals — CPU/memory/disk charts, PHP memory tracking
  • Logs — Multi-log viewer, configurable lines, clear logs
  • Tools — Cache, database optimization, Git, Composer, NPM, PHP info

#🔌 API Endpoints

# Services
GET  /api/services.php?action=status
GET  /api/services.php?action=start&service=Apache
POST /api/services.php?action=stop&service=MySQL

# Databases
GET  /api/databases.php?action=list_databases
GET  /api/databases.php?action=get_tables&database=dbname
POST /api/databases.php?action=execute_query

# Server Vitals
GET  /api/vitals.php

# Logs
GET  /api/logs.php?action=list_logs
GET  /api/logs.php?action=read_log&path=logpath&lines=100

# Tools
POST /api/tools.php (actions: clear_cache, optimize_database, composer_command, npm_command, git_status)
GET  /api/tools.php?action=php_info

# Backup
GET  /api/backup.php?action=list
POST /api/backup.php?action=create

# Update
GET  /api/update.php?action=check
POST /api/update.php?action=download&install

#🚀 Production Deployment

#Security Configuration

// config.php
define('AUTH_ENABLED', true);
define('ADMIN_PASSWORD', getenv('LARAGON_DASHBOARD_PASSWORD') ?: 'YourStrongPassword123!');
define('APP_DEBUG', false);
define('APP_ENV', 'production');
define('SECURITY_HEADERS_ENABLED', true);

#Environment Variables

Variable Description Default
LARAGON_DASHBOARD_PASSWORD Admin password (must be set)
LARAGON_ROOT Laragon installation path Auto-detected

#🐛 Troubleshooting

#Diagnostic Tool

Access http://localhost/Laragon-Dashboard/diagnostic.php for:

  • Server configuration and paths
  • Laragon detection status
  • File system checks
  • Asset path verification

#Common Issues

  • 404 Errors — Run diagnostic tool, verify Apache document root
  • CSS/JS not loading — Check browser console, verify ASSETS_URL, clear cache
  • Laragon not detected — Use diagnostic tool, manually set path in Preferences
  • Email not loading — Check SENDMAIL_OUTPUT_DIR path
  • Database issues — Verify MySQL credentials, ensure service running

#🤝 Contributing

Contributions welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md.

For Windows fixes: PRs against this repo are welcome. For new features: Consider contributing to Nucleus instead — that's where active development happens.

#📄 License

MIT License — see LICENSE.

#🙏 Acknowledgments

  • Laragon Team — For the excellent development environment
  • Bootstrap Team — For the amazing CSS framework
  • Chart.js Team — For the beautiful charting library
  • All contributors — Thank you for making this project what it is

#📞 Support

#🔄 Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for detailed version history.

Made with ❤️ for the Laragon community

Author: Tarek Tarabichi | Company: 2TInteractive | Website: https://2tinteractive.com

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