One click PHP development environment.
Zero dependencies. Zero headaches.
Herd is a blazing fast, native Laravel and PHP development environment for Windows. It includes everything you need to get started with Laravel development, including PHP and nginx. Once you install Herd, you're ready to start developing with Laravel.
Herd uses native binaries for PHP, nginx, and other services, making it faster than other PHP development environments.
No containers, VMs, or wonky virtualization methods – just plain binaries as it should be.
Herd includes binaries for Composer, the Laravel installer, and Expose, making them available to your CLI automatically.
This makes it possible to manage your sites via Powershell or use the site wizard of Herd.
Herd provides everything that you need to get started with Laravel development for free but it offers great capabilities with Herd Pro.
Explore all Herd Pro features and get the best development environment for Laravel.
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());});
"Laravel Herd"
SELECT * FROM `users` LIMIT 1
0 of 0App\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" => "2024-12-04 22:41:29" "remember_token" => null "current_team_id" => null "profile_photo_path" => null "created_at" => "2024-12-04 22:41:29" "updated_at" => "2024-12-04 22:43:16" "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" }
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.
"Laravel Herd"
SELECT * FROM `users` LIMIT 1
0 of 0App\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" => "2024-12-04 22:41:29" "remember_token" => null "current_team_id" => null "profile_photo_path" => null "created_at" => "2024-12-04 22:41:29" "updated_at" => "2024-12-04 22:43:16" "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" }
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This is what they have to say about it.
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.
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.
Tinkerwell is the missing graphical UI for interacting with your Laravel app. It provides a powerful code editor allowing you to run and debug code snippets within the context of your local and remote Laravel apps.
Tinkerwell is "php artisan tinker" on steroids.
Get TinkerwellCreate public URLs for local sites through any firewall and VPN. Receive webhooks on your machine, test local sites on mobile devices or share them with others.
Herd integrates with Expose natively and works great with a free account.
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