shipping-docker/vessel

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1059 stars · 105 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Vessel is a small set of files and a bash script that sets up a per-project Docker-based local development environment for Laravel applications, wrapping docker-compose with simple commands. It bundles PHP, MySQL, Redis, and Node.js containers and requires only Docker installed globally.

Use cases

• set up a local Docker dev environment for a Laravel project
• run artisan and composer commands inside containers
• run multiple Laravel projects locally without port conflicts
• quickly spin up PHP, MySQL, Redis, and Node containers for development
• replace Vagrant or Valet with a simple Docker workflow

When to choose

• you develop Laravel apps and want a simple, per-project Docker environment
• you want minimal global tooling beyond Docker itself
• you want an understandable, customizable docker-compose setup rather than a heavy platform

When to avoid

• you need Windows support (not supported)
• you need a production deployment tool rather than a dev environment
• you need newer PHP/MySQL versions out of the box or a more actively maintained solution
• your project is not Laravel/Lumen based

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

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

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