# Craft Nitro

Retired Docker-based local development environment for Craft CMS projects, which its maker no longer supports.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/craft-nitro/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://getnitro.sh
- repository: https://github.com/craftcms/nitro
- docs: https://craftcms.com/docs/nitro/2.x/

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: Pixel & Tonic, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2020
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: dev-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: mysql, mariadb, postgres
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: Homebrew

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2022-05-19

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 177
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 15
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- status: https://craftcms.com/blog/retiring-craft-nitro (read 2026-10-28)
- status: https://craftcms.com/docs/nitro/2.x/ (read 2026-10-28)
- status: https://api.github.com/repos/craftcms/nitro (read 2026-10-28)
- name: https://craftcms.com/docs/nitro/2.x/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://getnitro.sh (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/craftcms/nitro (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/craftcms/nitro/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://craftcms.com/terms-of-service (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://craftcms.com/terms-of-service (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/craftcms/nitro/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://craftcms.com/docs/nitro/2.x/ (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/craftcms/nitro (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/craftcms/nitro/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://craftcms.com/docs/nitro/2.x/ (read 2026-10-28)
- databases: https://craftcms.com/docs/nitro/2.x/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://craftcms.com/docs/nitro/2.x/installation (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://craftcms.com/docs/nitro/2.x/installation (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://craftcms.com/docs/nitro/2.x/installation (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/craftcms/nitro (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/craftcms/nitro/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/craftcms/nitro/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/craftcms/nitro/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/craftcms/nitro/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/craftcms/nitro (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/craftcms/nitro/contributors (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Craft Nitro is a console tool that manages a Docker-based local PHP development environment for [Craft CMS](https://craftcms.com/) projects. Its command-line binary, written in Go, is installed with Homebrew, a shell script or a manual download, and the environment includes MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQL databases.

## Worth knowing

Pixel & Tonic, Inc. retired Craft Nitro and no longer supports it. Its [announcement](https://craftcms.com/blog/retiring-craft-nitro) points users to DDEV, and the repository is archived.

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