# laravel/valet

A more enjoyable local development experience for Mac.

Repository: https://github.com/laravel/valet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/laravel-valet
Homepage: https://laravel.com/docs/valet
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: laravel, php, macos
Last push: 2026-08-24T16:51:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 74, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3774, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 176, "gap_med": 27, "n_releases_24m": 14}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2597, forks 719 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:03.229212+00:00)

## What it is
Laravel Valet is a minimal local development environment for macOS that runs Nginx in the background and uses DnsMasq to route *.test domains to local sites. It provides a blazing-fast, low-memory (~7 MB) alternative to Vagrant or Docker-based setups for PHP and Laravel development.

## Use cases
- serve local php sites on *.test domains
- run laravel apps locally without vagrant or docker
- share my local dev site publicly via a tunnel
- use https locally with tls certificates
- run different php versions per site
- serve wordpress or symfony projects locally
- expose local site to other devices on my network

## When to choose
- you develop PHP or Laravel apps on macOS and want a lightweight, fast local server
- your machine has limited RAM and you want to avoid Vagrant or Docker overhead
- you want zero-config *.test domains and per-site PHP versions
- you need to quickly share a local site via tunnels

## When to avoid
- you are on Linux or Windows (use Herd, Homestead, Sail, or other tools instead)
- you need full environment parity with production, containers, or databases provisioned like production
- you need a complete virtualized environment rather than a native local server

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, deployment, developer-tools, cli
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: cli
- tags: laravel, php, nginx, dnsmasq, local-development, dev-environment, tunneling, command-line, macos

## Member repositories
- laravel/valet (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:03.229212+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 2026-08-30T02:22:13.317149+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - homepage: https://laravel.com/docs/valet (fetched 2026-08-29T10:04:29.633799+00:00, sha 6e473c6572e2)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.