Devbox vs Laravel Herd
Devbox
jetify.comLaravel Herd
herd.laravel.comSide by side
| Figure | Devbox | Laravel Herd |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | $8.25/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 3 |
| Spec score · Development Environment Managers | 8.5 (#6) | 7.9 (#19) |
| Spec score · Development Environment Management Tools | 8.5 (#4) | 7.9 (#12) |
Plans
Devbox
- Solo$5 a month
- Starter$25 a month
- Scale-up$250 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Devbox
Devbox is an open-source command-line tool for creating isolated development shells from declared package lists. A project’s devbox.json can define packages, scripts, services, and environment configuration, drawing on a searchable Nix-powered catalog with over 400,000 versions of 80,000 packages. One definition can produce a local shell, a VS Code devcontainer, a Dockerfile, or a remote cloud development environment. Devbox can orchestrate project services with process-compose without Docker; Docker is needed only for container creation. The GitHub Action installs Devbox and can cache the Nix store in workflows, and documented integrations include direnv and a Visual Studio Code extension. Installation guidance lists Linux, macOS, and Windows through WSL2, and Devbox requires the Nix Package Manager. Jetify offers cloud and secrets services alongside the tool.
Laravel Herd
Laravel Herd has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.