Yerd
The open-source Herd alternative for macOS & Linux
Yerd launched on July 8, 2026 with 3 votes, #8,766 of 24,623 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.
What it does
Yerd is a rootless, open-source local PHP dev environment for macOS & Linux - a Laravel Herd alternative with no Docker, no sudo, no subscription. Drop a folder in and it's live at atest domain with automatic HTTPS. Per-site PHP versions, managed Composer/Node/Bun, databases, a mail catcher, and live Laravel telemetry - all from one tiny ~8MB Rust daemon. MIT-licensed and built in the open.
A fast, rootless, open-source local PHP development environment for macOS and Linux. Serve .test sites over HTTP and HTTPS, run a different PHP version per site, and manage databases, mail, and tooling from one tiny daemon - a Laravel Herd alternative.
Serve your projects on .test domains over HTTP and HTTPS, run a different PHP version per site, and manage it all from one tiny daemon. No Docker, no sudo for everyday work, no subscription. Drop a project into a parked directory and it's instantly live at .test. Park a whole folder or link a single project under a name you choose. A local certificate authority issues a per-site certificate on demand. No mkcert dance, no OpenSSL, no browser warnings once trusted - just a green padlock. Install multiple PHP versions and pin each site to the one it needs. Set a global default, then override individual sites with a single command. A single ~8 MB daemon binary written in Rust. No containers, no…from yerd.app
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