Introducing Herd 2.0

The Laravel development environment.

Herd gives you a fast, native PHP and Laravel stack for every project on your machine. Install it once and manage everything in one place without external dependencies.

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Workspaces

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Services

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Environment

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Herd

85,000+ developers use Herd every day.

From independent developers to engineering teams at some of the world's most famous companies.

+1000 more

Your local stack. Sorted.

One app for
every project.

Herd installs and runs the infrastructure Laravel expects. You get native performance and one reliable place to control your sites, PHP versions, services, certificates, and configuration.

The complete stack

PHP, nginx, DNS, Node, nvm, Composer, and the Laravel installer. Ready together, without containers or dependency chains.

General

PHP

JavaScript

Services

Herd Pro

Sharing

Shortcuts

About

PHP

General

Manage the directories Herd serves your sites from, application preferences, and connected integrations.

Herd Paths

All sub-folders in these directories will be available via Herd's local domains.

Path

/Users/you/Herd

/Users/you/Code

Launch at Login

Always Show Dock Icon

When off, Herd only shows the Dock icon while a window is open.

Update Herd automatically

Update Channel Stable

IDE PHPStorm

The default IDE to open (e.g. in the log viewer and sites list).

PHP

Install and switch between PHP versions, and manage the PHP configuration used across your sites.

Available Versions

Install, update and manage PHP.

Version Status

8.6

8.5 (8.5.10)

Installed

8.4

8.3

8.2

8.1

8.0

7.4

Notify About PHP Updates:

Laravel Installer

You are running the latest version of the Laravel Installer (5.32.0).

JavaScript

Install and switch between Node.js versions with nvm, and pick the version used for your projects.

Node.js Versions

Install and Update Node.js

Major Version Status

24 (24.18.0)

Installed

Project-level control

Secure sites, switch PHP versions, share a herd.yml, and keep every project configured the way it needs to be.

Applications

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Describe your app idea and let an AI agent scaffold it from your selected stack, or leave the prompt empty to configure a new app yourself.

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my-next-project.test Open

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https://acme-dashboard.test

~/Herd/acme-dashboard/

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Services

Database

Queue

Cache

Broadcasting

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Environment

PHP

Node

HTTPS

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acme-dashboard — -zsh

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Parallel workspaces

Give every branch its own copy of your app, domain, and database. Right from the app or with herd workspace.

Applications

Let's build something amazing

Describe your app idea and let an AI agent scaffold it from your selected stack, or leave the prompt empty to configure a new app yourself.

Build an app that…

Configure App

Recent Applications

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my-next-project.test Open

acme-dashboard.test Open

coffee-tracker.test Open

https://acme-dashboard.test

~/Herd/acme-dashboard/

Deploy to Laravel Cloud

Services

Database

Queue

Cache

Broadcasting

Manage Services…

Environment

PHP

Node

HTTPS

Delete Application

acme-dashboard — -zsh

you@mac acme-dashboard %

Services on demand

Add MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and more in a click. Run versions side by side, with the .env values ready to copy.

Services

Cache & Queue

Redis

v7.4.11 Port: 6379

Database

MySQL

v8.0.40 Port: 3306

PostgreSQL

v16 Port: 5432

MongoDB

v7.0.37 Port: 27017

Typesense

v29.0 Port: 8108

Configuration

Name

Redis

Port

6379

Start Automatically

Version

7.4.11

Data Directory

/Users/you/L…D94F7B1E036/

Binaries Directory

/Users/Share…redis/7.4.11

Actions

Documentation

Open

TablePlus

Open

Logs

Open

Environment Variables

REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
REDIS_PASSWORD=null
REDIS_PORT=6379

Logs

redis.log

83120:C 16 Oct 2026 22:56:43.035 * Configuration loaded
83120:M 16 Oct 2026 22:56:43.038 * Ready to accept connections tcp

Agentic development

With Laravel Boost, coding agents use the Herd CLI to analyze dumps and queries, test emails, and enable HTTPS.

coffee-tracker — ✳︎ Claude Code

Claude Code v2.1.283

Opus 5.5 · Claude Max

~/Herd/coffee-tracker

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Add databases, caches, search engines, local mail, insights, runtime context for your coding agents, and debugging tools from the same app. If your environment gets in the way, email the people who build Herd and get help from a human.

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PostgreSQL
Xdebug
Typesense
Redis
Valkey
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Insights
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Introducing Herd Studio

There when you want it. Invisible when you don't.

Open any Herd site with its live preview, console, logs, terminal, and code context in one place. Your agent can understand the page in front of you without replacing your editor or taking over your workflow.

Use your agent

Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, or the CLI you already trust. Your subscription stays yours.

coffee-tracker.test

coffee-tracker.test main

Route::get('/hello', fn () => 'world'); Route::get('/hello', fn () => 'world'); Route::get('/hello', fn () => 'world');

php artisan make:model Post -mfsc php artisan make:model Post -mfsc php artisan make:model Post -mfsc

User::where('active', true)->get(); User::where('active', true)->get(); User::where('active', true)->get();

$post->load('author', 'comments'); $post->load('author', 'comments'); $post->load('author', 'comments');

Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) { Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) { Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {

return view('welcome'); return view('welcome'); return view('welcome');

Cache::remember('key', 60, fn () => ...); Cache::remember('key', 60, fn () => ...); Cache::remember('key', 60, fn () => ...);

Mail::to($user)->send(new Welcome); Mail::to($user)->send(new Welcome); Mail::to($user)->send(new Welcome);

Queue::push(new ProcessPodcast($pod)); Queue::push(new ProcessPodcast($pod)); Queue::push(new ProcessPodcast($pod));

->validate(['email' => 'required|email']) ->validate(['email' => 'required|email']) ->validate(['email' => 'required|email'])

Ask anything... Use @ to mention a file.

Chat main Claude Opus 5.5 Default

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Coffee Tracker

Today History Beans

Friday, October 16

3 cups

195 mg of caffeine so far today.

Log a cup View history

Last 7 days

2.4 cups a day

A simpler way in

New developers can start with the built-in coding UI while experienced teams keep the workflow they already have.

coffee-tracker.test

Coffee Tracker

Today History Beans

Friday, October 16

3 cups

195 mg of caffeine so far today.

Log a cup View history

Last 7 days

2.4 cups a day

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Give it real context

Point at an element, attach an annotation, and include console errors without copying them between apps.