GHCup vs ServBay

GHCup is a free, open-source installer and version manager for the Haskell toolchain. It installs and manages GHC, cabal-install, Haskell Language Server (HLS), and Stack versions; Stack can also be configured to use GHC versions managed by GHCup. Listed functionality includes a terminal user interface and GHC cross-compilation. Installation guidance covers terminal commands for Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, and WSL2, alongside PowerShell instructions for Windows. The project describes Windows support as being in an early stage and uses a shim wrapper because Windows does not properly support symbolic links. On macOS, GHCup may prompt for command line tools; Windows setup includes msys2. The installer should be run as a non-root user on Unix-like systems and a non-admin user on Windows. GHCup relies on precompiled binaries, so compatibility can depend on the distribution and libraries such as libtinfo. WSL1 and macOS versions earlier than 10.13 are unsupported. Some ARM binaries are experimental: Stack and HLS on Linux ARM, and HLS bindists on macOS aarch64. Configuration can be stored in ~/.ghcup/config.yaml, with command-line options taking precedence.

ServBay manages local web development environments on macOS and Windows, bringing language runtimes, databases and web servers into one desktop tool. It includes versions of PHP, Python, Node.js, Go, Java,.NET, Ruby and Rust, plus Apache, NGINX and Caddy. Developers can assign runtime versions to projects and switch installed service versions through its management interface. Local services include DNS, mail testing, MinIO object storage and RabbitMQ; built-in PKI supports local HTTPS, and ServBay can manage certificates through ACME. Its MCP server works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and other MCP clients, which can manage services and packages, create sites with local DNS and SSL, operate databases, read logs and run diagnostics. The AI Gateway provides one local endpoint for cloud and local model providers, with usage tracking, virtual keys and automatic fallback. ServBay says provider API keys stay encrypted on the user’s machine and are not uploaded. The free plan costs nothing and is limited to five websites and five DNS records. Pro starts at $9.90 a month; a 7-day trial is listed.