What is Laravel Herd ?

The fastest environment around

Herd uses static binaries for PHP, nginx, and dnsmasq, making it faster than other PHP development environments.

Using Herd, you can immediately enjoy 35% faster tests and 100% faster web requests.

Seamless migration from Valet

Using Laravel Valet? Herd automatically migrates your existing Valet preferences so that you can keep working without interruption.

You can manage Herd's configuration via its intuitive UI, including your installed PHP versions and SSL certificates.

Easily manage multiple versions of PHP

Herd comes with PHP 7.4 - 8.3, and you can switch between any of these versions in seconds. Herd even lets you pin sites to specific PHP versions.

Herd will automatically keep all of your PHP installations up to date. Testing the features of the latest PHP versions has never been easier.

Everything you need to get started

Herd includes binaries for Composer, the Laravel installer, and Expose, making them available to your CLI automatically.

Keep managing your sites and services directly from your terminal, just like Laravel Valet.

Free