Suggestion: Include Mailpit Configuration for New PHP Versions

[zeroz-code]

Hello @leokhoa

I noticed that every time I add a new version of PHP to Laragon, I need to manually configure Mailpit. This process can be repetitive and time-consuming.

Would it be possible to include Mailpit as a built-in feature in Laragon? For instance, pre-configuring Mailpit or providing an option to auto-configure it when adding a new PHP version would greatly enhance the user experience.

Thank you for considering this suggestion, and I appreciate the excellent work you’ve done with Laragon!

Best regards,

[Sophist-UK]

Laragonzo already has something like this.

[charles-prof]

upvote for Laragonzo

[Sophist-UK]

I too recommend Laragonzo, and at present I say this as a long term recommendation, though I wish and hope that @leokhoa will come to his senses and change his pricing so that we can end up having a single Laragon based distribution again rather than a competing fork.

[charles-prof]

he can go for similar pricing (& ecosystem) like mamp

laragon base features are completely free ( as promised in FAQ )
get license and enjoy premium features ( entrepreneurs )

Also i really like the xamp's ( cloud ) production environment and licensing clarity

[Sophist-UK]

This is not really the discussion topic for my response, but I am posting it here anyway:

1. @leokhoa Leo absolutely needs to be mindful of the competition and the list of known competitors is getting longer:

   • Free: Laragon v6, Laragonzo, Mamp free, Xampp, FlyEnv free, Herd free, Sail
   • Paid: Mamp pro, FlyEnv pro, Herd pro

   I have either explicitly tried some of these, or I have reviewed them. All of them are far from perfect. As a free product, Laragon v6 is comptitive in terms of operation but is obsolete in terms of components. Laragonzo is Husnil's attempt to provide a stop gap update of the components, and IMO Laragonzo is currently the most competitive product, but is hindered by constraints in the Laragon executable. Laragon v7 currently adds little new functionality cf. Laragonzo, and IMO it's price makes it probably the least competitive of all the products.

2. I think Leo needs two strategic positioning goals:

   • Convert the vast majority of his existing user base to paid users as an immediate income stream. Given the number of free offerings above - which may not be as good right now, but may be good enough - the price for this needs to be very affordable.
   • Be competitive against the competition on value for money - which means price and features and support - in each individual market segment (which I have defined as non-commercial and commercial). Being competitive doesn't mean being the cheapest, nor does it mean having every feature that every competitor has (though it should try to do so).

If he partners with the enthusiastic community and focuses his own time on enabling this cooperative development and on developing functionality that only he can write, IMO Laragon can become extremely competitive within months, but unless he converts his existing user base to cheap paid licenses to give him early revenues, and unless he partners with the community to make rapid progress and become competitive to keep revenues flowing, and unless he keeps the free PR these users generate, he will simply NOT be able to compete.