laravel/sail

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1914 stars · 518 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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Laravel Sail is a lightweight command-line interface for interacting with Laravel's default Docker development environment, built around a compose.yaml file and a sail shell script. It lets developers run PHP, MySQL, Redis, Meilisearch, and other services locally without prior Docker experience.

Use cases

• set up a local Laravel development environment with Docker
• run a Laravel app with MySQL and Redis without installing PHP locally
• start and stop Laravel Docker containers from the CLI
• run Laravel tests and Artisan commands inside Docker
• debug a Laravel app with Xdebug in containers
• preview emails and use services like Meilisearch or Typesense locally

When to choose

• you are building a Laravel application and want a batteries-included Docker dev environment
• you want a consistent environment across macOS, Linux, and Windows (WSL2)
• you have no Docker experience but need containers for PHP, databases, and search services

When to avoid

• your project is not a Laravel application
• you need a custom, complex production-grade Docker setup rather than a local dev environment
• you already have a mature Docker workflow with your own compose files

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli developer-tools container-runtime deployment developer-tools web-development backend windows cli php laravel docker-compose local-development php dev-environment devops containers docker linux macos

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