Laravel Herd vs Warden
Laravel Herd
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| Figure | Laravel Herd | Warden |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $8.25/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 0 |
| Spec score · Development Environment Managers | 7.9 (#19) | 6.8 (#49) |
| Spec score · Development Environment Management Tools | 7.9 (#12) | 6.7 (#25) |
| Local services | Herd Pro can manage MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, Typesense, Meilisearch, MinIO, and Laravel Reverb. | Global services include DNSmasq, Mailpit, an SSH tunnel, phpMyAdmin, and Portainer. |
| Purpose | Herd is a native Laravel and PHP development environment for Windows and macOS. | Warden is a CLI utility for orchestrating Docker based developer environments and running multiple local environments without port conflicts. |
| Support | Free users can seek community support, while Herd Pro and Teams users can contact email support, with priority email support for Teams. | The project invites bug reports and feature requests through GitHub Issues and contributions through pull requests. |
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