# lando/lando

A development tool for all your projects that is fast, easy, powerful and liberating

Repository: https://github.com/lando/lando
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lando
Homepage: https://lando.dev
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: local, development, environment, docker, php, python, ruby, dotnet, nodejs, drupal, wordpress, laravel, lando, pantheon
Last push: 2026-08-20T23:16:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3522, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 3.0, "n_releases_24m": 51}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4237, forks 516 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:39.547134+00:00)

## What it is
Lando is a free, open-source, cross-platform local development environment and DevOps tool built on Docker container technology. It lets developers define per-project services, tooling, and automation in a checked-in .lando.yml file so any team member can clone a repo and run 'lando start' to get a fully working environment.

## Use cases
- spin up a local LAMP stack for a PHP project with one command
- standardize dev environments across a team so 'works on my machine' stops happening
- run Drupal, WordPress, or Laravel sites locally with matching production services
- define per-repo dev dependencies and tooling in a git-tracked config file
- pull databases and files from Pantheon or Lagoon hosting into local dev
- run local tests and CI-like build steps in containers
- avoid hand-writing complex docker-compose files

## When to choose
- you develop web apps in PHP, Node, Python, Ruby, or .NET and want reproducible local environments
- your team needs a shared, version-controlled dev environment config
- you use hosting providers like Pantheon, Lagoon, or Platform.sh and want local parity
- you find raw Docker Compose too verbose or complex for daily dev work

## When to avoid
- you need a production hosting or orchestration solution - Lando explicitly discourages production use
- you already have a mature docker-compose setup your team is happy with
- you work outside web/service development where containerized local stacks add little value
- you cannot install Docker on your machine

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, cli, container-orchestration, deployment, configuration-management, workflow-automation
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: local-development-environment, docker-compose-abstraction, landofile, drupal, wordpress, laravel, pantheon, devops-automation, devops, containers, command-line, linux, macos, docker, nodejs

## Member repositories
- lando/lando (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:39.547134+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:22:17.878026+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lando/lando (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:39.547134+00:00, sha a1352ebee735)
  - homepage: https://lando.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:35.327397+00:00, sha cdaa376f5a24)
  - site_page: https://docs.lando.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:35.330178+00:00, sha 42c67821dc08)
  - site_page: https://docs.lando.dev/install (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:35.332010+00:00, sha f0464eeaca83)
  - site_page: https://docs.lando.dev/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:35.333727+00:00, sha 755cf51cbc14)
  - site_page: https://docs.lando.dev/getting-started/what-it-do.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:35.335414+00:00, sha 681f3bddb847)
  - site_page: https://docs.lando.dev/getting-started/first-app.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:35.337244+00:00, sha cbc1858eea7c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.