Canopy

Spec sheet

Product

Canopy is a native macOS app for running local development environments in Docker.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

Audience

The use-cases page describes workflows for onboarding teammates, running polyglot stacks, managing agency client projects, and monitoring local environments.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

Trial

The use-cases page invites users to start a 14-day trial.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

Security

Canopy says the app is notarized by Apple and runs local Docker containers without modifying core system files beyond standard proxy, SSL routing, and hosts file changes.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

Support

Canopy lists [email protected] for beta questions and access requests.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

Availability

Canopy is in a limited, invite-only private beta, and testers can request access or join a queue.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

CLI

Canopy says its CLI exposes every UI feature, including project creation, linking, editing, and restarting environments.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

Configuration

Canopy provides a visual nginx configuration editor with syntax highlighting and Save & Reload.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

Dev server support

Canopy can proxy existing Vite, Next, and Nuxt development servers behind a domain and HTTPS.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

Frameworks

Its 12 nginx templates include options for Laravel, PHP, static sites, SPAs, Vite, Node, Django, FastAPI, Flask, and Python.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

IDE and terminal integrations

The app lists VS Code, Cursor, PhpStorm, Terminal.app, iTerm2, Warp, Ghostty, Alacritty, and Kitty as supported IDEs or terminals.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

IDE and terminal support

The app lists VS Code, Cursor, PhpStorm, Terminal.app, iTerm2, Warp, Ghostty, Alacritty, and Kitty for one-click project opening.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

Included services

The site lists PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Typesense, Meilisearch, OpenSearch, Qdrant, RabbitMQ, MinIO, Mailpit, Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki among its included services.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

Monitoring

The health dashboard shows host memory and disk, Docker allocations, per-container CPU and memory, and detects configuration drift and restart loops.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

PHP

Canopy provides PHP-FPM versions 8.1–8.5 and per-site PHP version switching.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

PHP versions

The shared services architecture lists versioned PHP-FPM runtimes from 8.1 to 8.5.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

Pricing

The pricing page says pricing is hidden during the private beta.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

Project setup

Canopy detects a project's framework and can create its site, database, environment template, SSL certificate, and hosts entry.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

Services

Canopy includes 16 Docker services, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Typesense, Meilisearch, OpenSearch, RabbitMQ, MinIO, Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

SSL and CORS

Canopy can generate trusted local SSL certificates and configure per-site CORS rules.Read 11 Oct 2026 · canopydev.app

Where Specifiction places it

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