Lerd
Open-source local PHP development environment for Linux and macOS that runs sites, PHP versions and services as rootless Podman containers.
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.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-28: links, Runtime, License model, Databases
lerd.sh/ - 2026-10-28: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/lerd-env/lerd - 2026-10-28: links, Runs as, Install with
lerd.sh/getting-started/installation - 2026-10-28: Categories
github.com/lerd-env/lerd/blob/main/README.md - 2026-10-28: Current major version, Last release
github.com/lerd-env/lerd/releases/tag/v1.37.1 - 2026-10-28: First release
github.com/lerd-env/lerd/releases/tag/v0.1.0 - 2026-10-28: Maintainer
github.com/lerd-env/lerd/blob/main/LICENSE - 2026-10-28: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/lerd-env/lerd/contributors?per_page=1