# puma-dev

Zero-config development server for macOS and Linux that starts Rack and Rails apps on demand under local domains such as .test, using Puma.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://puma.dev/
- repository: https://github.com/puma/puma-dev
- docs: https://github.com/puma/puma-dev/blob/master/README.md

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Evan Phoenix
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: brew install puma/puma/puma-dev

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-3-Clause

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2023-02-25

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1807
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 44
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://puma.dev/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/puma/puma-dev (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/puma/puma-dev/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/puma/puma-dev/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/puma/puma-dev/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/puma/puma-dev (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/puma/puma-dev/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/puma/puma-dev/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/puma/puma-dev/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/puma/puma-dev (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/puma/puma-dev/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/puma/puma-dev/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/puma/puma-dev/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/puma/puma-dev/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/puma/puma-dev (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/puma/puma-dev/contributors (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

puma-dev is a development server for macOS and Linux that runs Rack and Rails apps under local domains, such as `.test`, and serves them over HTTPS. An app is added by symlinking its directory into the puma-dev directory, and the server starts it on demand and shuts it down when it is idle. It is installed with Homebrew from a tap, or from a binary the project publishes, and its source is in Go.

Apps are reached through their names as subdomains, and a proxy entry can point a name at another port or host. On Linux, the root certificate and name resolution need extra setup steps that the README describes.

## Worth knowing

On Linux the server does not start in the background by itself. The apps it serves each need the puma gem in their Gemfile.

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