Open source alternatives to Laravel Valet

One project on starwire does the same job. Ranked by how much of what Laravel Valet does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What Laravel Valet does

  1. Local PHP sites with .test domainscore
  2. Serve project folders automaticallycore
  3. Local HTTPS
  4. Switch PHP versions
  5. Share local sites publicly

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

ProjectCoversStarsCommits, 12 weeksLast releaseClosed vs openedSetupLicense
lerdLocal PHP environment with automatic .test domains, TLS and Podman Replaces it100%1.5k+18
1,479
12 days ago99% Uses the terminal MIT
Covers everything on the checklist.See the evidence
  • Local PHP sites with .test domainscoreYesAutomatic `.test` domains.
  • Serve project folders automaticallycoreYesJust `lerd link` and your project is live at `project.test`
  • Local HTTPSYesone-click HTTPS
  • Switch PHP versionsYesPer-project PHP version.
  • Share local sites publiclyYespublicly through ngrok, cloudflared, Expose

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