Laravel Without Homestead

Some suitable server options for Windows

• Mamp https://www.mamp.info/en/
• Wamp http://www.wampserver.com/en/
• Xampp https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html

Why not use docker and laradock?

https://github.com/laradock/laradock

https://laragon.org/

If you really get right down to it, all you need is PHP. You can do plenty with artisan serve

But one of the many options the others have mentioned would be best. A proper dev environment is always better than not.

for windows machine https://laragon.org/ is much bettor than other