XAMPP 8.2

Name: XAMPP 8.2
Author: Apache Friends

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

Record

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.

exemachine scopesourceforge.net · known platform

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

Signal	Finding	Points
SHA-256 hash published	1 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 provenance	1 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 HTTPS	1 of 1 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.	15 / 15
Release recency	last release about 33 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities.	3 / 15
Licence declared	GPL-2.0A declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.	5 / 5

Every version with a published manifest, newest first. Useful when you need an older build for compatibility.

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