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[DevOps & Deployment](/categories/devops) 4. / 5. folklore/homestead ActiveLibrary[DevOps & Deployment](/categories/devops) folklore/homestead ================== A virtual machine for web artisans. v3.0.2(10y ago)017MITShellPHP >=5.5.9 Since Nov 17Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/folkloreinc/homestead)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/folklore/homestead)[ RSS](/packages/folklore-homestead/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced today READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (35)Used By (0) [![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a1eb14f3306c09607a0ee529bf8c873da21da46205739252be4a08400eac1173/68747470733a2f2f6c61726176656c2e636f6d2f6173736574732f696d672f636f6d706f6e656e74732f6c6f676f2d686f6d6573746561642e737667)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a1eb14f3306c09607a0ee529bf8c873da21da46205739252be4a08400eac1173/68747470733a2f2f6c61726176656c2e636f6d2f6173736574732f696d672f636f6d706f6e656e74732f6c6f676f2d686f6d6573746561642e737667) [ ![Build Status](https://github.com/laravel/homestead/workflows/tests/badge.svg) ](https://github.com/laravel/homestead/actions) [ ![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9835aa6f4042204e0924e76d69efd31f179e7ae5c41831eb2e03dfc1bf0bd174/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f6c61726176656c2f686f6d657374656164) ](https://packagist.org/packages/laravel/homestead) [ ![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3d49a18b1b83124794d929b30ef49104f7ac218d814d21bf937009318aaf6f68/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f6c61726176656c2f686f6d657374656164) ](https://packagist.org/packages/laravel/homestead) [ ![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5f96766e78f637218d8a005fc1fe2725c5cbce8abe082b7c36a2a4a376bd9cf8/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f6c2f6c61726176656c2f686f6d657374656164) ](https://packagist.org/packages/laravel/homestead) Introduction ------------ [](#introduction) Laravel Homestead is an official, pre-packaged Vagrant box that provides you a wonderful development environment without requiring you to install PHP, a web server, and any other server software on your local machine. No more worrying about messing up your operating system! Vagrant boxes are completely disposable. If something goes wrong, you can destroy and re-create the box in minutes! Homestead runs on any Windows, Mac, or Linux system, and includes the Nginx web server, PHP 8.0, MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Memcached, Node, and all of the other goodies you need to develop amazing Laravel applications. Official documentation [is located here](https://laravel.com/docs/homestead). Ubuntu LTSSettler VersionHomestead VersionBranchStatus20.0411.x12.x`main`Development/Unstable20.0411.x12.x`release`StableDeveloping Homestead -------------------- [](#developing-homestead) To keep any in-development changes separate from other Homestead installations, create a new project and install Homestead from composer, forcing it to use a git checkout. ``` $ mkdir homestead && \ cd homestead && \ composer require --prefer-source laravel/homestead:dev-main ``` After it's complete, `vendor/laravel/homestead` will be a git checkout and can be used normally. ### Health Score 31 — LowBetter than 66% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity6 Limited adoption so far Community20 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity70 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~20 days Recently: every ~64 days Total 34 Last Release 3576d ago Major Versions v2.1.8 → v3.0.02015-12-21 v2.2.1 → v3.0.22016-02-16 PHP version history (2 changes)v2.0.0PHP >=5.4 v3.0.0PHP >=5.5.9 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b2ebcf321e0a9769d76c84a73b61c42f78fc04dca244ba44aa44dd715e741e28?d=identicon)[dmongeau](/maintainers/dmongeau) --- Top Contributors [![svpernova09](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/967362?v=4)](https://github.com/svpernova09 "svpernova09 (319 commits)")[![taylorotwell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/463230?v=4)](https://github.com/taylorotwell "taylorotwell (303 commits)")[![ricardoseriani](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3369718?v=4)](https://github.com/ricardoseriani "ricardoseriani (58 commits)")[![dmongeau](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/124966?v=4)](https://github.com/dmongeau "dmongeau (43 commits)")[![roberto-aguilar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5356595?v=4)](https://github.com/roberto-aguilar "roberto-aguilar (31 commits)")[![browner12](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5232313?v=4)](https://github.com/browner12 "browner12 (16 commits)")[![themaric](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/40222?v=4)](https://github.com/themaric "themaric (15 commits)")[![andrewhood125](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1624718?v=4)](https://github.com/andrewhood125 "andrewhood125 (10 commits)")[![cbj4074](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1236883?v=4)](https://github.com/cbj4074 "cbj4074 (9 commits)")[![GrahamCampbell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2829600?v=4)](https://github.com/GrahamCampbell "GrahamCampbell (6 commits)")[![piotr-cz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/612953?v=4)](https://github.com/piotr-cz "piotr-cz (5 commits)")[![driesvints](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/594614?v=4)](https://github.com/driesvints "driesvints (5 commits)")[![Djuuu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2388233?v=4)](https://github.com/Djuuu "Djuuu (5 commits)")[![martijn94](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1652861?v=4)](https://github.com/martijn94 "martijn94 (5 commits)")[![yazeed](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/191483?v=4)](https://github.com/yazeed "yazeed (4 commits)")[![crynobone](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/172966?v=4)](https://github.com/crynobone "crynobone (4 commits)")[![DFurnes](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/583202?v=4)](https://github.com/DFurnes "DFurnes (4 commits)")[![haampie](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/194764?v=4)](https://github.com/haampie "haampie (4 commits)")[![ideepblue](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/462170?v=4)](https://github.com/ideepblue "ideepblue (4 commits)")[![JamShady](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/167395?v=4)](https://github.com/JamShady "JamShady (4 commits)") ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/folklore-homestead/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/folklore-homestead/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/folklore-homestead) ``` ### Alternatives [matomo/matomo Matomo is the leading Free/Libre open analytics platform 21.7k38.9k](/packages/matomo-matomo)[laravel/framework The Laravel Framework. 34.8k543.8M20.1k](/packages/laravel-framework)[illuminate/console The Illuminate Console package. 13046.0M6.5k](/packages/illuminate-console)[shopware/core Shopware platform is the core for all Shopware ecommerce products. 585.6M574](/packages/shopware-core)[shopware/deployment-helper Shopware deployment tools 19400.6k5](/packages/shopware-deployment-helper)[open-dxp/opendxp Content & Product Management Framework (CMS/PIM) 9421.6k61](/packages/open-dxp-opendxp) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)