# Lerd

Open-source local PHP development environment for Linux and macOS that runs sites, PHP versions and services as rootless Podman containers.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://lerd.sh
- repository: https://github.com/lerd-env/lerd
- docs: https://lerd.sh/getting-started/installation
- x: https://x.com/lerdphp
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lerdphp.bsky.social
- discord: https://discord.gg/5JK54s7xCC
- subreddit: https://reddit.com/r/lerd

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: George Dumitrescu
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2026
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: install script

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-20

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1450
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 28
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://lerd.sh/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/lerd-env/lerd (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://lerd.sh/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/lerd-env/lerd/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/lerd-env/lerd (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://lerd.sh/ (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://lerd.sh/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://lerd.sh/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://lerd.sh/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://lerd.sh/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://lerd.sh/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/lerd-env/lerd (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://lerd.sh/ (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/lerd-env/lerd/releases/tag/v1.37.1 (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/lerd-env/lerd/releases/tag/v1.37.1 (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/lerd-env/lerd/releases/tag/v0.1.0 (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://github.com/lerd-env/lerd/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/lerd-env/lerd (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/lerd-env/lerd/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)
- databases: https://lerd.sh/ (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Lerd is a local development environment for PHP projects on Linux and macOS. It gives each project a .test domain with HTTPS and runs Nginx, PHP-FPM and the project's services as rootless Podman containers, so no Docker daemon is involved. The tool ships as a single Go binary, installed by a script or through apt, dnf or Homebrew.

## Worth knowing

Lerd needs Podman, and on Linux a systemd-based distribution. Windows is supported through WSL2, which is in beta.

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