Yerd

Local PHP, without the friction - rootless, open-source, and no Docker in sight! The open-source alternative to Laravel Herd!

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Zain Sheikh· 3mo ago
A rootless, open-source Laravel Herd alternative that runs on Linux too is exactly what I've wanted. Does the embedded CA play nicely with Firefox's separate trust store?
Richard Anderson[maker]· 3mo ago
Maker here 👋 I built Yerd because I wanted the polished-commercial-tool experience for local PHP - .test domains, HTTPS, per-site PHP versions, live dumps - but open source, on Linux as well as macOS, and rootless. Happy to answer anything, especially about the privilege-separation model or the embedded DNS/proxy architecture.

Yerd is a fast, open-source local PHP development environment for macOS and Linux - a Laravel Herd alternative with every feature in the box, MIT licensed. Zero-config sites. Park a folder and every project inside is instantly live at .test, or link a single directory under any name. Automatic HTTPS. A local certificate authority issues per-site certificates on demand. No mkcert, no OpenSSL, no browser warnings. Per-site PHP versions. Install multiple PHP versions side by side as isolated static builds. Set a global default, pin per site, update in place. Everything supervised by one tiny daemon. MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and Redis as native processes. A built-in SMTP catcher for outgoing mail. Composer, Node, and Bun managed on your PATH. Laravel telemetry, live. dump()/dd(), queries, jobs, requests, logs, and outgoing HTTP streamed to a dedicated window with zero code changes. Rootless by design. Setup elevates exactly once. After that, the daemon, CLI, and tray app never run as root. The whole runtime is a single ~8 MB Rust binary - no Docker, no VM, no Electron, no subscription.

Yerd is an open-source, rootless local PHP development environment for macOS and Linux with zero-config sites and automatic HTTPS.

for: PHP developers who need local environments without Docker or subscriptions
pricing: open source
license: MIT

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Key features

8 features of Yerd

Zero-config sites — Park a folder and each project is instantly served on a .test domain.
Automatic HTTPS — Per-site certificates issued by a local CA with no browser warnings.
Per-site PHP versions — Install multiple isolated PHP builds and pin each site to a specific version.
Lightweight daemon — ~8 MB native Rust binary manages services without containers or VMs.
Rootless operation — One-time elevation; the daemon, CLI and GUI run as the regular user.
Built-in services — Native MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Redis and an SMTP catcher run as processes.
Managed tooling — Composer, Node and Bun are installed on the PATH and managed by Yerd.
Laravel telemetry — Live streaming of dump(), dd(), queries, jobs, requests, logs and HTTP.

Use cases

Develop a Laravel app locally with automatic HTTPS and per-site PHP version.
Test email sending using the built-in SMTP catcher without sending real mail.
Run multiple projects side-by-side, each with its own database engine, on a single machine.