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Best Laravel Herd Alternatives in 2026

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20 tools from development environment managers ranked against Laravel Herd on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    ActiveState Platform Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin Free7.9
    Laravel Herd vs ActiveState Platform
  2. 2
    PortBay Free plan LinuxMac $4.92/mo7.6
    Laravel Herd vs PortBay
  3. 3
    devenv Free plan LinuxMacWebWin Free7.5
    Laravel Herd vs devenv
  4. 4
    GHCup Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free7.5
    Laravel Herd vs GHCup
  5. 5
    Flox Free plan extensionLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $20/mo7.4
    Laravel Herd vs Flox
  6. 6
    FlyEnv Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.4
    Laravel Herd vs FlyEnv
  7. 7
    ServBay Free plan MacWin $4.92/mo7.4
    Laravel Herd vs ServBay
  8. 8
    Devbox Free trial extensionLinuxMacWebWin $5/mo7.3
    Laravel Herd vs Devbox
  9. 9
    frum Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.3
    Laravel Herd vs frum
  10. 10
    FVM Free plan apiLinuxMacWin Free7.3
    Laravel Herd vs FVM
  11. 11
    MAMP Free plan MacWin Free7.3
    Laravel Herd vs MAMP
  12. 12
    vfox Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.3
    Laravel Herd vs vfox
  13. 13
    Devilbox Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free7.2
    Laravel Herd vs Devilbox
  14. 14
    Nix Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.2
    Laravel Herd vs Nix
  15. 15
    RVM LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin 7.2
    Laravel Herd vs RVM
  16. 16
    DevPod Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.1
    Laravel Herd vs DevPod
  17. 17
    GVM Free plan LinuxMac Free7.1
    Laravel Herd vs GVM
  18. 18
    nvm Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.1
    Laravel Herd vs nvm
  19. 19
    rustup Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.1
    Laravel Herd vs rustup
  20. 20
    SDKMAN! apiLinuxMacWin 7.1
    Laravel Herd vs SDKMAN!

Laravel Herd alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1ActiveState Platform7.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
2PortBay7.6Free plan$4.92/moLinux, Mac
3devenv7.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
4GHCup7.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5Flox7.4Free plan$20/moBrowser, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6FlyEnv7.4Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
7ServBay7.4Free plan$4.92/moMac, Windows
8Devbox7.3No$5/moBrowser, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
9frum7.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
10FVM7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Windows
11MAMP7.3Free planFreeMac, Windows
12vfox7.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
13Devilbox7.2Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14Nix7.2Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
15RVM7.2No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
16DevPod7.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
17GVM7.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac
18nvm7.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
19rustup7.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
20SDKMAN!7.1No—API, Linux, Mac, Windows
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Questions about Laravel Herd alternatives

What is the best alternative to Laravel Herd?

ActiveState Platform, number 1 in development environment managers with a score of 7.9 out of 10. The others here: PortBay, devenv, GHCup and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Laravel Herd?

ActiveState Platform is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 17 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.