XAMPP is a free and open source cross-platform web server solution developed by Apache Friends, mainly including Apache HTTP Server, MariaDB database, and script interpreters written in PHP and Perl programming languages. The ease of deployment of XAMPP means that developers can quickly and easily create web servers on top of the operating system.

Recently, a new version of XAMPP for PHP 8.2.0 on Windows, Linux and macOS has been officially released, and you can download these new installers at http://www.apachefriends.org/download.html.

These installers include the following main components:

• PHP 8.2.0
• Apache 2.4.54
• MariaDB 5.4.27
• phpMyAdmin 5.2.0
• OpenSSL 1.1.1p (Windows) and OpenSSL 1.1.1s (Linux and macOS)

The x86_64 binaries provided by the macOS installer are supported by the macOS Rosetta environment and are available for the new M1 and M2 (ARM architecture). The XAMPP VM is not compatible with the ARM architecture, and the macOS Rosetta environment does not translate virtual machine applications that virtualize the x86_64 computer platform. For this reason, XAMPP no longer supports macOS VMs, but you can download previous versions from the SourceForge XAMPP for OS X folder.

More details can be found at: https://www.apachefriends.org/blog/new_xampp_20221229.html