Laravel Herd is a blazingly fast, native Laravel and PHP development environment for Windows. It includes everything you need to start Laravel development, including PHP and Nginx, and is designed to be faster than other PHP development environments.[1][2]
Some key features of Laravel Herd include:
- The fastest environment around: Herd uses native binaries for PHP, Nginx, and other services, avoiding the overhead of containers, VMs, or virtualization.[1][2]
- Everything you need to get started: Herd includes binaries for Composer, the Laravel installer, and Expose, which are automatically available in your CLI.[1][2]
- Unlock your real productivity: Herd Pro comes with services for databases, caches, queues, storage, and real-time applications, allowing you to manage everything from one application.[1][2]
- Powerful debugging tools: Herd Pro provides a separate Dump window that beautifully formats your application's dump() and dd() calls, allowing you to easily filter and view debug information.[2]
- Easy Node.js management: Herd ships with nvm, the Node Version Manager, allowing you to easily install and switch between Node.js versions.[2]
Overall, Laravel Herd aims to provide a fast, full-featured, and easy-to-use development environment for Laravel and PHP on Windows.[1][2][3]
Citations:[1] https://laravel-news.com/laravel-herd-for-windows-is-now-released
[2] https://herd.laravel.com/windows
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUuk1ZJWklg
[4] https://www.reddit.com/r/laravel/comments/1boa69o/laravel_herd_for_windows_is_now_available/