Craft Nitro
Retired Docker-based local development environment for Craft CMS projects, which its maker no longer supports.
Craft Nitro is a console tool that manages a Docker-based local PHP development environment for Craft CMS 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 points users to DDEV, and the repository is archived.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-28: Status
craftcms.com/blog/retiring-craft-nitro - 2026-10-28: Status, name, Categories, Runs as, Databases
craftcms.com/docs/nitro/2.x/ - 2026-10-28: Status, links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/craftcms/nitro - 2026-10-28: links
getnitro.sh - 2026-10-28: links, Runtime
raw.githubusercontent.com/craftcms/nitro/main/README.md - 2026-10-28: Maintainer, Maintained by
craftcms.com/terms-of-service - 2026-10-28: First release, Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/craftcms/nitro/releases - 2026-10-28: Install with
craftcms.com/docs/nitro/2.x/installation - 2026-10-28: License, License model
raw.githubusercontent.com/craftcms/nitro/main/LICENSE.md - 2026-10-28: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/craftcms/nitro/contributors