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Details
- Package ID
- herd
- Version
- 1.30.0
- Downloads
- 814
- Website
- https://herd.laravel.com/windows
Summary
Fast, native Laravel and PHP development environment for Windows with integrated services and debugging features.
Description
Laravel Herd is a blazing fast, native Laravel and PHP development environment for Windows, providing all necessary tools for Laravel development, including PHP and nginx, with Herd Pro offering local service management for databases, caches, and additional testing and debugging capabilities.
After installing Herd, it routes all requests to *.test domains to the correct sites on your local machine, and allows you to use composer, the Laravel installer, and Expose directly in your terminal.
Summary
- The fastest environment around: Herd uses native binaries for PHP, nginx, and other services, making it faster than other PHP development environments. No containers, VMs, or wonky virtualization methods - just plain binaries as it should be.
- Everything you need to get started: Herd includes binaries for Composer, the Laravel installer, and Expose, making them available to your CLI automatically. This makes it possible to manage your sites via Powershell or use the site wizard of Herd.
- Unlock your real productivity: Herd Pro comes with services for databases, caches, queues, storage, and realtime applications, changing the way you work. You can manage everything you ever need from one beautiful application.
Features
- Blazing Fast Development: Streamlines Laravel, and PHP setup on Windows.
- Site Management: Simplify the creation and configuration of sites, control PHP versions, and manage security. Automatically configure and route all *.test domain requests to their respective sites on your local machine.
- PHP Version Flexibility: Supports a range of PHP versions from 7.4 to 8.3, with the capability to swiftly switch between them, catering to various project needs.
- Node.js Version Management: Includes nvm for managing Node.js versions.
- Integrated Services with Herd Pro: Offers MySQL, Redis, Meilisearch, MinIO, and Laravel Reverb services.
- Debugging and Testing with Herd Pro: Advanced debugging with dump() and dd() integration and Xdebug support.
Herd is a free product, but has a paid version called Herd Pro that offers additional features and services.
Package Note
This is a virtual package to help find and install Laravel Herd. It will install the package laravel-herd as a dependency.