I’ve been in your shoes, having used XAMPP for years, and switching to Laragon was honestly a breath of fresh air. Laragon supports Nginx out of the box and lets you toggle PHP versions effortlessly, including PHP 8.3-which you mentioned is missing in XAMPP. The best part? It’s native on Windows, so no Docker or virtualization slowing you down. Setting up PHP-FPM is straightforward too, making it a solid, fast alternative that respects your requirements.