Laravel Herd

Pro Feature

Blazing fast debugging

Herd Pro gives you a powerful interface to help you watch and collect your debug information.

All of your application's dump() and dd() calls will be beautifully formatted and can be filtered from Herd's separate Dump window.

Just keep using dump() as usual – we will take care of the rest.

Route::get('/', function () {
    dump(config('app.name'));
    dump(User::first());
});

00:05:08 – routes/web.php:29

"Laravel Herd"

00:05:08 – routes/web.php:30

SELECT * FROM `users` LIMIT 1

00:05:08 – routes/web.php:30

  0 of 0   
App\Models\User {#892 ▼
  #connection: "sqlite"
  #table: "users"
  #primaryKey: "id"
  #keyType: "int"
  +incrementing: true
  #with: []
  #withCount: []
  +preventsLazyLoading: false
  #perPage: 15
  +exists: true
  +wasRecentlyCreated: false
  #escapeWhenCastingToString: false
  #attributes: array:13 [▶
    "id" => 1
    "name" => "Taylor Otwell"
    "email" => "[email protected]"
    "email_verified_at" => "2024-11-07 00:05:08"
    "remember_token" => null
    "current_team_id" => null
    "profile_photo_path" => null
    "created_at" => "2024-11-07 00:05:08"
    "updated_at" => "2024-11-07 00:06:55"
    "two_factor_secret" => null
    "two_factor_recovery_codes" => null
    "two_factor_confirmed_at" => null
  ]

  #fillable: array:3 [▶
    0 => "name"
    1 => "email"
    2 => "password"
  ]
  #rememberTokenName: "remember_token"
}

Pro Feature

Blazing fast debugging

Herd Pro gives you a powerful interface to help you watch and collect your debug information.
All of your application's dump() and dd() calls will be beautifully formatted and can be filtered from Herd's separate Dump window.

Just keep using dump() as usual – we will take care of the rest.

All (6)

Dumps (2)

Queries (1)

Jobs (0)

Views (0)

Requests (0)

Logs (3)

00:05:08 – routes/web.php:29

"Laravel Herd"

00:05:08 – routes/web.php:30

SELECT * FROM `users` LIMIT 1

00:05:08 – routes/web.php:30

  0 of 0   
App\Models\User {#892 ▼
  #connection: "sqlite"
  #table: "users"
  #primaryKey: "id"
  #keyType: "int"
  +incrementing: true
  #with: []
  #withCount: []
  +preventsLazyLoading: false
  #perPage: 15
  +exists: true
  +wasRecentlyCreated: false
  #escapeWhenCastingToString: false
  #attributes: array:13 [▶
    "id" => 1
    "name" => "Taylor Otwell"
    "email" => "[email protected]"
    "email_verified_at" => "2024-11-07 00:05:08"
    "remember_token" => null
    "current_team_id" => null
    "profile_photo_path" => null
    "created_at" => "2024-11-07 00:05:08"
    "updated_at" => "2024-11-07 00:06:55"
    "two_factor_secret" => null
    "two_factor_recovery_codes" => null
    "two_factor_confirmed_at" => null
  ]

  #fillable: array:3 [▶
    0 => "name"
    1 => "email"
    2 => "password"
  ]
  #rememberTokenName: "remember_token"
}

Easily manage multiple versions of PHP

Herd comes with PHP 7.4 - 8.4, and you can switch between these versions in seconds. Herd even lets you pin sites to specific PHP versions.

Herd keeps all of your PHP installations up to date and notifies you about new updates in time.

Pro Feature

Frontend tooling included with nvm

Herd ships with nvm, the Node Version Manager, allowing you to easily manage Node.js versions on your machine.

You can install and switch between versions in seconds via your terminal or the Herd UI.

Pro Feature

Seamlessly run and manage services

Herd is the control panel for your local environment, making it easy to set up and run complementary services to your Laravel applications.

From databases to storage systems, we got you covered with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Typesense, Meilisearch, MinIO, and even Laravel Reverb.

Pro Feature

Seamlessly run and manage services

Herd is the control panel for your local environment, making it easy to set up and run complementary services to your Laravel applications.

From databases to storage systems, we got you covered with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Typesense, Meilisearch, MinIO, and even Laravel Reverb.

Share site configurations with your team

Herd allows your to add a herd.yml file to your project, which contains all the necessary information to set up a the site on a new machine. Pair with Herd Pro to set up sites with all services in seconds.

Keep PHP versions, services and even Forge configurations in sync across your whole team.

Integrate directly with Laravel Forge

You can link local Herd sites with Laravel Forge servers, allowing you to deploy your local sites to Forge with a single click.

The integration with Forge makes opening an SSH connection as fast as grabbing some environment variables or opening the site in the related Forge panel.

Pro Feature

Catch and debug application mails

Herd provides an integrated local email service, streamlining the process of testing and debugging application emails.

The email service organizes emails into distinct inboxes for each application, ensuring they are easily accessible and simple to locate.

Pro Feature

Catch and debug application mails

Herd comes with its own local email service that makes testing and debugging emails as easy as it can get.

The mail service directs emails into separate inboxes per application so that they are easy to find.

Pro Feature

Access and search through local log files

No more digging through local log files. Herd's powerful Log Viewer makes it painless to quickly search through your local logs, even allowing you to jump directly to your IDE from a log entry.

Herd instantly refreshes the log list whenever a new entry is added.

Pro Feature

Painless Xdebug integration

Herd's powerful Xdebug detection automatically enables Xdebug when necessary.

By watching for incoming requests with the Xdebug browser extension, you can be ensured that Xdebug will be available when you need it – and only then.

Thousands of developers love Herd

This is what they have to say about it.

Eric L. Barnes

Owner of Laravel News

Herd is the best thing for PHP since Laravel.

Lucas Giovanny

Engineering Team Lead at Worksome

Just use it. There is no coming back!

János Horváth

CTO of BrokerChooser

Our Development Team uses Herd (Pro) and onboarding or adding new services is the smoothest it’s ever been.

Stephen Bateman

Founder of SellTickets.org

Herd is our whole team's default tool for local development. It's hard to imagine writing code without it. It improved our experience of Valet and replaced our need for Docker.

Michi Hoffmann

Senior Software Engineer at Sentry

Instead of waiting on brew to download half of the internet to setup PHP, it only takes a few seconds using Herd.

Gilbert Pellegrom

CTO of Lemon Squeezy

Herd is by far the easiest way to run PHP/Laravel sites on your Mac that I’ve tried. It’s fast, has a great UI, the debugging experience is top-notch, and the team behind it are excellent.

Alex Garrett-Smith

Founder of Codecourse

Herd Pro makes local development so easy, I don’t even think about it anymore. I’m never switching back.

Sascha Gysel

Co-Founder of Trenda

Herd allows our startup to spend more time on working on our product for our clients, instead of fiddling with setting up a dev environment. Brilliant🚀

Caleb Porzio

Creator of Livewire and Alpine.js

Herd is one of those pieces of software that makes you think “How did we manage without this for so many years”. It’s golden.

Simon Hamp

Founder of Laradir

Herd has saved me from Brew and Docker hell.

Andreas Herss

Co-owner of Tickethero

Herd has simplified the way we do local development, how have we managed without for so many years? Herd pro is a no brainer.

Joe Kneeland

Founder of SiteBuilderStudio

Herd is the smoothest, best looking, smartest, and most charming of all the options. Worth every penny for pro. Herd is the way.

Pricing

All features that you need to get up and running with Laravel are free, but if you want to dig deeper and get the best developer experience, upgrade to Herd Pro.

Herd Basic

Free

Start with the free version and get a full Laravel development environment by downloading just one Windows app.

PHP
nginx
DNS
Node.js
Laravel Forge Integration
Community support
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Download for Windows

Herd Pro

$99

Upgrade to the full integrated developer experience with amazing testing and debugging capabilities.

Everything from free
Dumps
Mail
Log Viewer
Services
XDebug detection
License for one year
Email support
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Purchase license

Herd Teams

$299

Get Herd Pro for your whole team and assign licenses to your team members in the license management portal.

10 Herd Pro Licenses
License Management Portal
Priority Email Support
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Purchase license

Local taxes may apply. Herd Pro includes a 14 days money-back guarantee.

Commonly
asked
questions

There are currently no plans for a Linux version of Herd, and we believe that Linux users are more comfortable installing and running their development environment in general. We regularly evaluate our decisions and this might change in the future.

You can activate every Herd Pro license key on two devices at the same time. If you get a new device, you can simply disable old activations in the license management portal and activate them on the new device.

Every Herd Team license key comes with one activation. You can reset license keys and assign them to other team members at any time.

If your team is bigger than 10 developers, they are usually grouped into more than one team. Please buy multiple team licenses, you can manage them all in one account.

No, there isn't. However, the official documentation will get you a long way in understanding all additional features.

All purchases are also covered by a 14-day refund policy.

Users of the free version can create issues in the community repository. Herd Pro users and teams can also contact us at [email protected] but we recommend checking the community repository or the docs first.

We don't charge you automatically. You will receive an email with a renewal link 30 days before your license expires. You can renew your license at any time.

If you decide not do renew your license, Herd automatically downgrades to the free version. Please make sure to backup your databases before your license expires. If you upgrade to Herd Pro again, all your data will be available again – we don't delete it during a downgrade.

Features

The fastest environment around

Everything you need to get started

Unlock the full potential with Herd Pro

Blazing fast debugging

Blazing fast debugging

Easily manage multiple versions of PHP

Frontend tooling included with nvm

Seamlessly run and manage services

Seamlessly run and manage services

Share site configurations with your team

Integrate directly with Laravel Forge

Catch and debug application mails

Catch and debug application mails

Access and search through local log files

Painless Xdebug integration

Thousands of developers love Herd

Pricing

Herd Basic

Herd Pro

Herd Teams

Commonly
asked
questions

Perfect matches for Herd

Tinkerwell

Expose

Features

The fastest environment around

Everything you need to get started

Unlock the full potential with Herd Pro

Blazing fast debugging

Blazing fast debugging

Easily manage multiple versions of PHP

Frontend tooling included with nvm

Seamlessly run and manage services

Seamlessly run and manage services

Share site configurations with your team

Integrate directly with Laravel Forge

Catch and debug application mails

Catch and debug application mails

Access and search through local log files

Painless Xdebug integration

Thousands of developers love Herd

Pricing

Herd Basic

Herd Pro

Herd Teams

Commonly asked questions

Perfect matches for Herd

Tinkerwell

Expose

Commonly
asked
questions