Herd is an ultra-fast native macOS app that delivers a fully local development environment for Laravel and PHP. It ships preconfigured with PHP, Nginx, DNS, and essential CLI tools so you can start building immediately after installation.

Instead of relying on Homebrew, Docker, or VMs, Herd uses statically compiled binaries and a zero-dependency design to remove setup friction and boost performance. With built-in tooling, effortless PHP version switching, and automatic local domain handling, Herd streamlines the development workflow for Laravel developers.

What's New:

Version 1.26.1

New features

• Added Svelte as a starter kit option in the site creation wizard

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Fixes and Improvements

• Fixed an issue where herd share didn’t respect the expose.yml configuration file
• Fixed an issue where installed Node.js versions were not sorted by major version
• Updated the built-in Laravel Installer to v5.24.6

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