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Dev tools · February 20, 2020

Local

A beautiful, free app for developing WordPress sites locally

Local launched on February 20, 2020 with 182 votes, #100 of 3,162 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

Visit localwp.com ↗Local alternativestop 3% of February 2020

What it does

Local is the #1 free, local WordPress development tool, now with the ability to push to Flywheel and WP Engine. We make it super simple to spin up a local WordPress site, develop it, share it, and take it live. Available for Mac, Windows and Linux.

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