XAMPP Project Hub

Central hub for accessing all your local XAMPP projects with a beautiful, responsive interface. Auto-scans your htdocs folder and displays all available apps. Perfect for developers managing multiple projects!

Features

✨ Auto-Discovery - Automatically scans and displays all projects in your htdocs folder
🎨 Modern UI - Beautiful, responsive card-based interface
🏷️ Smart Detection - Identifies projects with index.php or index.html
⚡ Quick Access - One-click launch to any of your applications
🔄 Non-Destructive - Preserves all existing projects and default XAMPP files

Preview

Installation

Quick Setup (Easiest Method)

1. Download this repository as a ZIP file
2. Extract the ZIP file
3. Copy the contents into your XAMPP htdocs folder (e.g., C:\xampp\htdocs\)
4. Replace the existing index.php file when prompted
5. Done! Go to http://localhost and see your dashboard

What Gets Replaced

• index.php - Modified to redirect to the new dashboard (instead of default XAMPP dashboard)
• apps-dashboard.php - New file added to display your applications

What Stays Untouched

• ✅ All your existing projects and folders
• ✅ Default XAMPP dashboard (still accessible at /dashboard/)
• ✅ All other XAMPP files and configurations
• ✅ phpMyAdmin and other XAMPP tools

How to Use

1. Start XAMPP - Run Apache and any other services you need
2. Open Browser - Navigate to http://localhost
3. Browse Apps - Your dashboard will display all available projects
4. Click "Open App" - Launch any of your applications
5. Click "View Files" - Browse project files in the file explorer

Project Requirements

For your projects to appear on the dashboard, they must:

• Be located in your C:\xampp\htdocs\ directory
• Contain either an index.php or index.html file in the root folder

Example Structure

C:\xampp\htdocs\
├── index.php (modified by this package)
├── apps-dashboard.php (added by this package)
├── my-app-1/
│   └── index.php ✓ (will appear on dashboard)
├── my-app-2/
│   └── index.html ✓ (will appear on dashboard)
├── random-folder/
│   └── (no index files) ✗ (won't appear on dashboard)
└── dashboard/ (original XAMPP dashboard - still here)

Customization

Ignoring Folders

Edit apps-dashboard.php to add more folders to the ignore list. Look for this line:

$ignored = array('.', '..', '.dist', '.vscode', 'webalizer', 'xampp', 'xampp-apps-dashboard-repo');

Add any folder names you want to exclude from the dashboard.

Icon Customization

Modify the icon detection logic in apps-dashboard.php (around line 180) to customize icons for different app types:

if (stripos($app['dir'], 'php') !== false) {
    echo '🐘'; // PHP projects
} elseif (stripos($app['dir'], 'api') !== false) {
    echo '⚙️'; // API projects
}

Troubleshooting

Dashboard not appearing?

• Make sure you replaced the index.php file
• Clear your browser cache and reload
• Check that Apache is running in XAMPP Control Panel

My apps aren't showing up?

• Ensure your project folders are in C:\xampp\htdocs\
• Your project root must contain index.php or index.html
• Folder names with special characters might not display correctly

Original XAMPP dashboard missing?

• The original dashboard is still there at http://localhost/dashboard/
• Access it anytime by visiting that URL directly

Reverting to Default

If you want to go back to the default XAMPP dashboard:

1. Replace your index.php with the original:

<?php
    if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && ('on' == $_SERVER['HTTPS'])) {
        $uri = 'https://';
    } else {
        $uri = 'http://';
    }
    $uri .= $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
    header('Location: '.$uri.'/dashboard/');
    exit;
?>
Something is wrong with the XAMPP installation :-(

2. Delete apps-dashboard.php

Requirements

• PHP 5.3 or higher (comes with XAMPP)
• Web server (Apache - comes with XAMPP)
• Modern web browser

Support

For issues or feature requests, please check:

• Your projects are in the correct directory structure
• Your index.php file was properly replaced
• Browser cache is cleared
• XAMPP Apache service is running

License

Feel free to use, modify, and share!

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Created for: Local XAMPP Development
Compatible with: XAMPP for Windows, Linux, and Mac