XAMPP is more like a full application server, while Adminer is similar to PHPMyAdmin, though leaner and with a focus on security and simplicity. If you, like m

XAMPP is more like a full application server, while Adminer is similar to PHPMyAdmin, though leaner and with a focus on security and simplicity. If you, like me, find yourself in possession of databases and need to quickly pull up a simple interface to visually browse them, Adminer is for you. If you need an application development and deployment stack you'll find Adminer solves only a small portion of it.