local-development

numa

+59

Portable DNS resolver in Rust — .numa local domains, ad blocking, developer overrides

lerd-env/lerd

+32

Open-source local PHP development environment for Linux, macOS and Windows (WSL2). Automatic .test domains, per-project PHP/Node isolation, one-command TLS. Podman-native, rootless.

xpf0000/FlyEnv

+19

Native local development environment for Windows, macOS & Linux. A modern alternative to XAMPP, MAMP, Laragon and Laravel Herd, with runtimes, databases, web servers, local sites, HTTPS, AI coding tools and MCP.

envkit-releases

+15

EnvKit — free local development environment for Windows & macOS: nginx/Apache, multiple PHP versions, MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Mailpit, Node.js, trusted .test HTTPS, and a built-in MCP server for AI-assistant control. A Laragon/XAMPP/Herd alternative.

codexpro

+7

Use ChatGPT Developer Mode as a local coding agent for your repo through MCP.

feint

+4

A local emulator of the Scaleway, Outscale and Exoscale APIs. Their own official CLIs drive it end to end, Terraform and OpenTofu drive two of the three — no cloud account, no cloud credentials, nothing billed.

ddev/ddev

+4

Docker-based local PHP+Node.js web development environments

telepresence

+3

Local development against a remote Kubernetes or OpenShift cluster

Cohort

+2

Local-first Agent Runtime connecting LLMs to controlled tools, Chrome, desktop automation, MCP, context governance, and verifiable memory.