# Spin

Command-line tool that runs a project's Docker Compose development environment and deploys the same containers to servers with Docker Swarm.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://serversideup.net/open-source/spin/
- repository: https://github.com/serversideup/spin
- docs: https://serversideup.net/open-source/spin/docs
- x: https://x.com/serversideup
- discord: https://serversideup.net/discord
- forum: https://github.com/serversideup/spin/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: 521 Dimensions LLC
- maintainerType: company
- parent: 521 Dimensions LLC
- firstRelease: 2021
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: dev-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: unknown
- runtime: unknown
- 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: curl install script

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-29

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1492
- packagistDownloads: 115104
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 181
- contributors: 9
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: 1

### Sources

- urls: https://serversideup.net/open-source/spin/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/serversideup/spin (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/serversideup/spin/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://serversideup.net/terms (read 2026-10-28)
- parent: https://serversideup.net/terms (read 2026-10-28)
- hqCountry: https://serversideup.net/privacy (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/serversideup/spin/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://serversideup.net/open-source/spin/docs/installation/install-macos (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://serversideup.net/open-source/spin/docs/installation/install-composer (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://serversideup.net/open-source/spin/docs/installation/install-npm-yarn (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://serversideup.net/open-source/spin/docs/installation/install-macos (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/serversideup/spin (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/serversideup/spin/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/serversideup/spin/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/serversideup/spin/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/serversideup/spin/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/serversideup/spin (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/serversideup/spin/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/@serversideup/spin (read 2026-10-28)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/serversideup/spin.json (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40serversideup%2Fspin (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Spin is a command-line tool that starts a project's Docker Compose development environment and deploys the same kind of containers to servers with Docker Swarm. A developer installs it with a shell script, through Composer or through npm, and runs it from the project directory with Docker Desktop installed. Server Side Up, a brand of 521 Dimensions LLC, maintains it in the serversideup GitHub organization, and questions go to the maintainers' Discord and to GitHub Discussions.

## Worth knowing

The tool runs only on the developer's machine. Production containers run in Docker Swarm on servers the user provides or has Spin provision. A paid Laravel template from the same company is a separate product and is not part of this tool.

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