Create web servers with everything you need and deploy them wherever you prefer.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- JavaScript
- Typescript
France
EU

Apps similar to DDEV include XAMPP, which is free and open source. Other options are Vagrant, WampServer, MAMP and Github Codespaces. You can choose from more than 10 Web Servers like DDEV for Windows, Mac, Linux, self-hosting and the web.
Create web servers with everything you need and deploy them wherever you prefer.

Herd is a blazing fast, native Laravel and PHP development environment for macOS. It provides everything that you need to get started with Laravel development. It ships with PHP, nginx, dnsmasq and Node.js.




Laravel Homestead is an official, pre-packaged Vagrant box that provides you a wonderful development environment without requiring you to install PHP, a web server, or any other server software on your local machine.
wmWebStack is a desktop application that offers a complete local server environment for web development on Windows. It includes Apache, MySQL, and PHP, bundled together for easy management. With just one click, you can publish your local web projects to the public internet.

madock sets up and runs a Docker-based local environment per project from one CLI: Magento 2, Shopware, Shopify apps, WooCommerce, PrestaShop, Sylius, Medusa, Saleor, Spree, BigCommerce, or a custom PHP, Node.js, Python, Go or Ruby project. Several projects run side by side.
Website hosting and management for Drupal and WordPress. Make sites faster, handle traffic spikes, manage multiple websites, get developer tools. Free for agencies.
The ultimate platform for cloud-based development. Bring enterprise-level security to remote software development teams worldwide.

A *AMP stack specifically tailored for Drupal. Affords the ability to create new sites with a few clicks, and can streamline maintenance of Drupal development environments.
Hosted Linux workspaces for AI agents with API-controlled containers, shell commands, file transfer, SSH, browser terminals, web previews, runtime or custom images, and fixed monthly limits. Saved workspaces can be restored; ordinary stops discard unsaved filesystem changes.

Laravel Sail is a light-weight command-line interface for interacting with Laravel's default Docker development environment. Sail provides a great starting point for building a Laravel application using PHP, MySQL, and Redis without requiring prior Docker experience.