# Docksal

Command-line tool and Docker Compose stacks that set up local web development environments on macOS, Windows and Linux.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://docksal.io
- repository: https://github.com/docksal/docksal
- docs: https://docs.docksal.io
- x: https://twitter.com/docksalio
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/docksal

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Docksal
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: mysql
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: install script (bash <(curl -fsSL https://get.docksal.io))

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2024-05-24

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 721
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: 76
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://docksal.io/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/docksal/docksal (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/docksal/docksal/blob/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docksal/docksal/develop/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/docksal/docksal/blob/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://docksal.io/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://docs.docksal.io/getting-started/setup/ (read 2026-10-28)
- databases: https://docs.docksal.io/stack/images-versions/ (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docksal/docksal/develop/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docksal/docksal/develop/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/docksal/docksal/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/docksal/docksal/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/docksal/docksal/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/docksal/docksal (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/docksal/docksal/contributors (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Docksal is a command-line tool, `fin`, that sets up a local web development environment from Docker Compose stacks, with a web server, a database and the tools a project names. The [install guide](https://docs.docksal.io/getting-started/setup/) installs it with a script that runs on macOS, Linux and Windows, and the project's own [documentation](https://docs.docksal.io) covers the services, the custom commands and the stock images. The project's README lists boilerplates for Drupal, WordPress, Laravel and other systems, which `fin project create` uses to build a starting project.

Docksal is maintained by its own team under the MIT license.

## Worth knowing

On Windows, the install guide asks for WSL 1 and says that WSL 2 is not supported by Docksal. On macOS and Windows the containers run through Docker Desktop or VirtualBox, so the host needs one of them.

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