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XAMPP 8.2

by Apache Friends · GPL-2.0

83/100how this is calculated

A completely free, easy to install Apache distribution containing MariaDB, PHP, and Perl.

Record

Latest version
8.2.12-0
Release date
21 Nov 2023
Official page
https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html
Package identifier
ApacheFriends.Xampp.8.2

Official downloads

These URLs are the ones Apache Friends declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

Verify the file you downloaded

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what Apache Friends published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "xampp-windows-x64-8.2.12-0-VS16-installer.exe" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "xampp-windows-x64-8.2.12-0-VS16-installer.exe"

Expected output

12e818ce5aec79fe646606df3a80b35da865ec0213646ad7c92044dcfcec7535

Got a different hash, or one you cannot place? Paste it into the hash checker and it will tell you which program and version it belongs to, past releases included.

Install XAMPP 8.2 silently

The unattended switch below is the one Apache Friends declares in the installer manifest, not one we guessed by trying flags.

64-bit · machine scope · publisher-declared

.\xampp-windows-x64-8.2.12-0-VS16-installer.exe --mode unattended --unattendedmodeui none

Run it from the folder holding the downloaded file, in a terminal opened as administrator when the package installs for all users. Silent means no window and no prompts, so check the exit code rather than waiting for something to appear: 0 is success and 3010 means it worked but wants a reboot.

Silent install commands for every program we index

How we scored this 83 out of 100

SignalFindingPoints
SHA-256 hash published1 of 1 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.30 / 30
Binary provenance1 on a recognised distribution platformThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.29.8 / 35
Served over HTTPS1 of 1 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.15 / 15
Release recencylast release about 33 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities.3 / 15
Licence declaredGPL-2.0A declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.5 / 5

Is XAMPP 8.2 safe to download?

The installer comes from a recognised distribution platform rather than Apache Friends's own domain. That is normal for this kind of software and not a red flag by itself.

The installer on this page comes with the SHA-256 Apache Friends declared, so you do not have to take our word for it: hash the file you downloaded and compare.

What this does not tell you is whether the software itself is any good, or whether you want what it does once installed. A publisher can ship something you would rather not run and the download is still authentic. We answer the question we can measure and leave the other one to you.

If Windows says “Windows protected your PC” when you run it, that is SmartScreen reporting reputation, not a malware verdict — it shows up on perfectly legitimate software from small publishers and on releases that are simply new. The reverse matters more: no warning does not mean the file was checked.

How the 83/100 score is calculated · why the source matters more than the reputation

Install XAMPP 8.2 with winget

Windows ships with a package manager, and this program is in it. The identifier below is the one Microsoft's repository uses, which is also where the download URL and hash on this page come from.

Install

winget install --id ApacheFriends.Xampp.8.2 --exact

Upgrade later

winget upgrade --id ApacheFriends.Xampp.8.2

Why --exact: without it winget matches on name as well as identifier, and a search that returns more than one package makes it stop and ask rather than install. Pinning the identifier is what makes the command safe to put in a script.

Not installing anything, or getting an error back? The commands that actually come up covers upgrading everything at once, what --include-unknown is for, and why winget can be missing from a machine that should have it.

Old versions of XAMPP 8.22 with hashes

The version history of XAMPP 8.2, each release with the download URL the publisher declared at the time and the SHA-256 to check it against. Useful when an update breaks something and you need to downgrade to a build that worked.

We do not host any of these files and never re-upload them, which is the difference between this and an old-version download site.

8.2.4-0

released 06 Apr 2023
  • xampp-windows-x64-8.2.4-0-VS16-installer.exe64-bitofficial URL

    6F3E20916627060365A90DFD361EA42BFFCDA0CF5890E937217C4C3FCB9F0ED0

8.2.0-0

released 29 Dec 2022
  • xampp-windows-x64-8.2.0-0-VS16-installer.exe64-bitofficial URL

    06A8BFDA66DBE546ECB6AC3AFAC13A07263F6CB6ABBB1D278C994B127E38A4C8

Publishers take old builds offline without warning, so a link here can stop working even though the hash stays correct forever. If you already have the file, the hash is what matters: it tells you whether what you have is what they published.

Every version on record3

Every XAMPP 8.2 version with a published manifest, newest first. The most recent ones are listed above with their file names and hashes.

  • 8.2.12-0
  • 8.2.4-0
  • 8.2.0-0

Similar programs we index

Matched on the categories Apache Friends and others declare in their own manifests, so the grouping is theirs rather than ours. Each one has its official URL and hash on the same terms as this page.

More programs we index

Not related to XAMPP 8.2 — just other entries, each with its own official URL and published hash.

Where our data comes from

Windows manifest
github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/a/ApacheFriends/Xampp/8/2/8.2.12-0