Lerd

Lerd is an open-source, daemonless local PHP development environment for Linux and macOS. It utilizes rootless Podman containers to provide automatic .test domains, per-project PHP and Node isolation, and one-command TLS without requiring sudo or system pollution.

Lerd is an open-source, daemonless local PHP development environment for Linux and macOS. It utilizes rootless Podman containers to provide automatic .test domains, per-project PHP and Node isolation, and one-command TLS without requiring sudo or system pollution.

• 01Rootless Podman-native architecture with zero background daemons
• 02Automatic .test domains with one-command trusted TLS
• 03Per-project PHP and Node.js version isolation
• 04Built-in MCP server for AI-assisted environment management
• 05Integrated debugging tools including SPX profiler, dump/dd() viewer, and Tinker REPL
• 06Framework-aware auto-detection for Laravel, Symfony, WordPress, and more