Yerd is a fast, open-source local PHP development environment for macOS and Linux - a Laravel Herd alternative with every feature in the box, MIT licensed.
Zero-config sites. Park a folder and every project inside is instantly live at .test, or link a single directory under any name.
Automatic HTTPS. A local certificate authority issues per-site certificates on demand. No mkcert, no OpenSSL, no browser warnings.
Per-site PHP versions. Install multiple PHP versions side by side as isolated static builds. Set a global default, pin per site, update in place.
Everything supervised by one tiny daemon. MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and Redis as native processes. A built-in SMTP catcher for outgoing mail. Composer, Node, and Bun managed on your PATH.
Laravel telemetry, live. dump()/dd(), queries, jobs, requests, logs, and outgoing HTTP streamed to a dedicated window with zero code changes.
Rootless by design. Setup elevates exactly once. After that, the daemon, CLI, and tray app never run as root. The whole runtime is a single ~8 MB Rust binary - no Docker, no VM, no Electron, no subscription.
