Overview
Summary
The useful answer before the supporting detail.
Laravel Herd is a native Laravel and PHP development environment for macOS and Windows, providing a complete local stack including PHP, nginx, DNS, and Node.js S1 S13. It is used by developers to set up and manage local Laravel projects, solving the problem of configuring and maintaining a local development environment S1. Its practical value is a fast, integrated tool that handles site creation, services, and deployment integrations from a single app S1.
Product identity and positioning
Name, category, positioning, audience, and first-party claims.
- Identity: Laravel Herd is a native Laravel and PHP development environment for macOS and Windows S1 S13.
- Core purpose: It solves the problem of setting up and managing a local Laravel development stack S1.
- Intended users: Laravel and PHP developers, from independent developers to engineering teams S33.
- Product scope: A desktop application that includes PHP, nginx, DNS, Node.js, and per-site configuration S33.
- Positioning: Positioned as a complete, fast local development tool that integrates with Laravel Cloud and Forge S1.
- Claimed distinction: Claims to be "blazing fast" and native, with a redesigned experience S2 S1.
Use cases and audiences
Who the product serves and the jobs it is designed to handle.
| Audience | Practical use case |
|---|---|
| Independent developers | Set up a local Laravel environment quickly without manual configuration S1. |
| Engineering teams | Manage multiple projects with per-site configuration and shared team settings S33. |
| Developers using AI coding agents | Use Herd's MCP server and CLI to let agents analyze dumps, test emails, and enable HTTPS S33 S2. |
| Teams deploying to Laravel Cloud | Connect Cloud account and deploy applications directly from Herd's UI S2. |
| Teams using Laravel Forge | Manage remote sites and deploy via Forge integration with OAuth S2. |
Traffic and search
SEO analysis
Collected Oct 23, 2026herd.laravel.com: an estimated 50,380 total monthly visits and about 655 monthly organic visits across 102 ranking keywords. Scout crawled 15 pages and measured a technical health score of 84/100.
Search summary
The useful answer before the supporting detail.
Laravel Development perfected. herd.laravel.com: an estimated 50,380 total monthly visits and about 655 monthly organic visits across 102 ranking keywords. Scout crawled 15 pages and measured a technical health score of 84/100.
- Total traffic (modeled): 50,380 monthly visits across all channels.
- Organic search traffic (estimated): 655 monthly visits from search.
- Strongest sampled ranking: laravel herd at position 1.
- Leading page in the collected evidence: https://herd.laravel.com/.
- Closest measured organic competitor: reddit.com, appearing 2 times in the sampled first-page SERPs.
- Technical crawl: 15 pages, health score 84/100.
Website intelligence — Collected evidence
Company identity and positioning
| Page type | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|
| other | Laravel Development perfected. | https://herd.laravel.com/ |
| other | Laravel Development perfected. | https://herd.laravel.com/ |
| other | Documentation Changelog Login Register Herd for Windows | https://herd.laravel.com/ |
| other | Herd gives you a fast, native PHP and Laravel stack for every project on your machine. Install it once and manage everything in one place without external dependencies. | https://herd.laravel.com/ |
| other | Download for macOS 0 Looking for Windows? | https://herd.laravel.com/ |
| other | Herd File Edit View Window Help | https://herd.laravel.com/ |
| other | Check for Updates… ⌘ U | https://herd.laravel.com/ |
| other | From independent developers to engineering teams at some of the world's most famous companies. | https://herd.laravel.com/ |
| other | A demo of Herd's settings on macOS. The PHP settings list PHP 8.6 to 7.4, where every version installs with one click in a few seconds, and PHP 8.5 is installed. The JavaScript settings do the same for Node.js with nvm, where Node.js 24 is installed, and the general settings list the folders whose sub-folders Herd serves as local .test domains. | https://herd.laravel.com/ |
| other | Install and switch between Node.js versions with nvm, and pick the version used for your projects. | https://herd.laravel.com/ |
| other | A demo of Herd's services on macOS: Redis, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and Typesense run side by side, each on its own port, with the environment variables for the .env file of a Laravel app. Add Service installs a second PostgreSQL, version 18, which starts on port 5433 next to PostgreSQL 16. | https://herd.laravel.com/ |
| other | A demo of Claude Code with Laravel Boost in the folder of coffee-tracker.test. Asked why the History page got slow and why the link in the weekly email doesn't work, it runs herd dumps:list --type=query and finds a query for each cup's bean, reads the email with herd mail:latest and finds links to http://localhost, eager loads the beans, secures the site with herd secure and sets APP\_URL to https://coffee-tracker.test with herd site:env set. | https://herd.laravel.com/ |
Domain performance
Modeled total traffic, six-month trend, engagement, countries, and domain identity.
Total website traffic
Six-month trafficModeled monthly visits
Monthly visits50,380
Global rank—
Top-country rank—
Bounce rate34.4%
Pages per visit2.52
Visit duration2m 8s
| Month | Modeled visits |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | 70,733 |
| 2026-05 | 70,963 |
| 2026-06 | 52,627 |
| 2026-07 | 58,937 |
| 2026-08 | 56,100 |
| 2026-09 | 50,380 |
Top visitor countries
| Country | Name | Traffic share |
|---|---|---|
| ID | Indonesia | 10.2% |
| IN | India | 8.4% |
| GB | United Kingdom | 6.9% |
| NL | Netherlands | 6.6% |
| PH | Philippines | 5.2% |
10.2%Indonesia
Indonesia10.2%India8.4%United Kingdom6.9%Netherlands6.6%Philippines5.2%Other62.7%
Domain identity
| Signal | Value |
|---|---|
| Registered | Mar 16, 2011 |
| Last changed | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Expires | Mar 16, 2031 |
| WHOIS server | whois.verisign-grs.com |
| DNSSEC | Not signed |
| Nameservers | EVA.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM, HUXLEY.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM |
Website capture
Organic keywords
Top keywords and an independent Google result page.
Top organic keywords
| Keyword | Volume | CPC | Estimated value |
|---|---|---|---|
| laravel herd | 10,760 | $4.76 | $13,090 |
| herd | 24,870 | $0.99 | $2,700 |
| herd laravel | 1,130 | $0.00 | $960 |
| laravel herd download | 500 | $0.00 | $430 |
| laravel | 168,160 | $0.98 | $400 |
Independent Google result page
Query: laravel herd
| Position | Title | URL | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laravel Herd | https://herd.laravel.com/ | Herd gives you a fast, native PHP and Laravel stack for every project on your machine. Install it once and manage everything in one place without external ... |
| 2 | What is your experience with Laravel Herd? | https://www.reddit.com/r/laravel/comments/15i5hit/what_is_your_experience_with_laravel_herd/ | I was curious and decided to replace Valet for Herd today to see how it works and is beneficial to use. So far it looks good, things are straightforward ... |
| 3 | Laravel Development using Herd. For Absolute Beginners | https://medium.com/@Ashleecooper/laravel-development-using-herd-1da0932b9888 | ⚙️ You will see a new Herd icon at the top of your screen. Here you can see any processes that are running, switch versions of PHP installed, ... |
| 4 | Laravel Herd: install it on macOS or Windows - Benjamin Crozat | https://benjamincrozat.com/laravel-herd | Laravel Herd is a native PHP and Laravel development environment for macOS and Windows. Install one app and you get PHP, Nginx, DNS for .test ... |
| 5 | Laravel Herd - PHP Development Environment for Mac | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-cebRYZH9E | Laravel Herd is the easiest way to get started with a PHP and Laravel Development environment. It's like Laravel Valet, but lives in your ... |
| 6 | All You Need To Know About Laravel Herd: Pros & Cons | https://redberry.international/all-you-need-to-know-about-laravel-herd/ | Introducing Laravel Herd: Simplified Laravel development on macOS that offers cool features and a user-friendly GUI. |
| 7 | Laravel Herd: Local PHP Development for Mac and Windows | https://www.krishaweb.com/blog/laravel-herd/ | Laravel Herd is a native local development environment for PHP and Laravel. One app installs PHP, Nginx, and DNS routing for your local sites, no Docker, no ... |
Important pages
Pages earning the most estimated search traffic in the sample.
| URL | Ranking keywords | Estimated traffic | Best position |
|---|---|---|---|
| https://herd.laravel.com/ | 7 | 358.2 | 1 |
| https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/guides/wordpress | 6 | 94.4 | 1 |
| https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/technology/node-versions | 3 | 81 | 2 |
| https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/technology/php-versions | 2 | 7.8 | 3 |
| https://herd.laravel.com/docs/windows/technology/node-versions | 1 | 6.8 | 3 |
| https://herd.laravel.com/forgot-password | 1 | 6.5 | 2 |
Website intelligence — Collected evidence
Prioritized website intelligence pages
Features
No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.
Pricing and plans
No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.
Integrations and supported platforms
| Page type | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|
| integrations | > ## Documentation Index | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | > Fetch the complete documentation index at: /docs/llms.txt | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | [Skip to main content](#content-area) | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | Laravel Herd home page 0 1 | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | Getting Started | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | Installation | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | [Documentation | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | ](/docs/macos/getting-started/installation)[Troubleshooting | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | ](/docs/macos/troubleshooting/common-issues)[Changelog | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | ](/docs/macos/changelog) | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | Download Herd | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | Download Laravel Herd | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | ](https://herd.laravel.com/download) | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | Purchase Herd Pro | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | Purchase a license for Herd Pro | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | ](https://herd.laravel.com/checkout) | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | ](#why-herd) | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | Herd is a blazing fast, native Laravel and PHP development environment for macOS. It provides everything that you need to get started with Laravel development. It ships with PHP, nginx, dnsmasq and Node.js. You can integrate Herd with Laravel Cloud and Laravel Forge and use a single tool from setting up your application locally to deploying it to production. With Herd Studio, you can bring the coding agents and AI providers that you already use and build Laravel applications right from your browser. Herd Pro completes your development environment with service management for databases, caches, and more. It comes with testing and debugging tools tailored to Laravel and you’ll love them when you’re working on web applications every day. After installing Herd, it serves all applications on your machine via `*.test` domains – it’s like Laravel Valet but has no dependencies and doesn’t need Homebrew. It ships with its own, pre-compiled binaries which makes it blazing fast to install and use. More than 85,000 web developers use Herd every day to create awesome web applications for their users, and they love it. | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | ](#requirements) | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
Product and company updates
No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.
Rank tracking
Persistent keyword baselines and position movement.
This analysis created the first position baseline at 2026-10-23T13:56:44.905Z. Movement appears after the next fresh analysis using the same location and language.
Features
Features and capabilities
Core functions and evidence-backed product capabilities.
| Capability | What it does |
|---|---|
| Site management | Create and link applications, manage per-site PHP, Node.js, HTTPS, and services S1 S33. |
| PHP version management | Install, switch, and update PHP versions, with per-site configuration S33. |
| Local services | Run databases, caches, search engines, and mail services alongside sites S33. |
| Workspaces | Create isolated copies of sites on separate branches with cloned databases S33. |
| AI coding agent integration | Provides an MCP server and CLI tools for AI clients to interact with Herd S33 S2. |
| Deployment integration | Connect to Laravel Cloud and Forge to deploy applications from Herd's UI S2. |
| Herd Studio | Browser-based coding UI with AI providers for building Laravel applications S2 S1. |
Integrations and ecosystem
Connected products, exports, APIs, and workflow compatibility.
| Integration or interface | Type | What it enables |
|---|---|---|
| Laravel Cloud | Integration | Connect Cloud account and deploy applications from Herd's UI S2. |
| Laravel Forge | Integration | Manage remote sites and deploy via Forge, with OAuth scopes and token refresh S2. |
| MCP server | AI interface | Provides tools and resources for AI clients to interact with Herd, manage sites, services, and PHP versions S2. |
| CLI commands | API | Manage services, PHP versions, and debug sessions from the command line S2. |
| TablePlus | Integration | Open the current database connection in TablePlus via `herd db` S2. |
| Raycast | Extension | Official Raycast extension planned for quick access S2. |
| Valet migration | Data portability | Migrate existing Valet sites, certificates, and settings to Herd S1. |
Pricing
Pricing and plans
Published plans, free access, trials, credits, and pricing limitations.
| Plan or offer | Verified price and billing | Included | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | PHP, nginx, DNS, Node.js, sites, per-project configuration S1 | No MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Redis services; no mail or dump inspection S1 |
| Herd Pro | $99 per year, yearly billing, automatic renewal optional S1 | Databases and services, mail, Insights, Xdebug detection, email support S1 | Per licence for 2 devices (macOS and Windows) S1 |
| Herd for Teams | $299 per year, yearly billing S1 | 10 Pro licences, licence management portal, shared project configuration, priority email support S1 | Per 10 Pro licences S1 |
Competition
Competitive landscape
Domains competing for the same organic search demand.
Sampled competitors
| Competitor | First-page appearances | Sampled queries | Average position | Queries observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reddit.com | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | laravel herd, change node version |
| medium.com | 2 | 2 | 6.5 | laravel herd, change node version |
| backpackforlaravel.com | 1 | 1 | 1 | laravel herd |
| stackoverflow.com | 1 | 1 | 2 | change node version |
| redberry.international | 1 | 1 | 3 | laravel herd |
| refine.dev | 1 | 1 | 4 | change node version |
| laradock.io | 1 | 1 | 5 | laravel herd |
| blog.logrocket.com | 1 | 1 | 5 | change node version |
| fixed.docs.upsun.com | 1 | 1 | 6 | change node version |
| laracasts.com | 1 | 1 | 8 | laravel herd |
Website intelligence — Collected evidence
Customers, testimonials, and first-party review claims
No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.
Independent review sources discovered
No links to supported independent review platforms were discovered on the collected pages.
AI visibility
Measured ChatGPT and Google AI mentions with cited sources.
AI-assistant referral traffic
- Estimated current generative-AI referral share: 2.8%
| Month | Traffic share | Source |
|---|---|---|
| — | — | All AI assistants |
| — | — | All AI assistants |
| — | — | All AI assistants |
Website intelligence — Collected evidence
Site-stated AI capabilities
| Page type | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|
| integrations | Herd is a blazing fast, native Laravel and PHP development environment for macOS. It provides everything that you need to get started with Laravel development. It ships with PHP, nginx, dnsmasq and Node.js. You can integrate Herd with Laravel Cloud and Laravel Forge and use a single tool from setting up your application locally to deploying it to production. With Herd Studio, you can bring the coding agents and AI providers that you already use and build Laravel applications right from your browser. Herd Pro completes your development environment with service management for databases, caches, and more. It comes with testing and debugging tools tailored to Laravel and you’ll love them when you’re working on web applications every day. After installing Herd, it serves all applications on your machine via `*.test` domains – it’s like Laravel Valet but has no dependencies and doesn’t need Homebrew. It ships with its own, pre-compiled binaries which makes it blazing fast to install and use. More than 85,000 web developers use Herd every day to create awesome web applications for their users, and they love it. | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | You can download the latest version of Herd here. After downloading the DMG file, double-click the file to open it, and drag the Herd icon to the Applications folder. Once Herd is installed, open it from your Applications folder which triggers the onboarding process. The onboarding process downloads the latest PHP and Node.js versions and installs a Herd background service on your machine. This background service needs admin permissions and is responsible for handling nginx and dnsmasq. At the end of the onboarding, you can connect an AI provider to use Herd Studio. You can skip this step and connect providers later in the settings. After the installation process is complete, you have a fully-functioning PHP and Laravel development environment. This means you can invoke the `herd`, `php`, `laravel`, and `composer` binaries from your terminal: | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | \AI Providers\ | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/llms.txt |
| integrations | \Build with AI\ | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/llms.txt |
| integrations | \AI Integrations\ | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/llms.txt |
| integrations | Herd is a blazing fast, native Laravel and PHP development environment for Windows. It provides everything that you need to get started with Laravel development. It ships with PHP, nginx, and Node.js. You can integrate Herd with Laravel Cloud and Laravel Forge and use a single tool from setting up your application locally to deploying it to production. With Herd Studio, you can bring the coding agents and AI providers that you already use and build Laravel applications right from your browser. Herd Pro completes your development environment with service management for databases, caches, and more. It comes with testing and debugging tools tailored to Laravel, and you’ll love them when you’re working on web applications every day. After installing Herd, it routes all requests to `*.test` domains to applications on your local machine, and allows you to use composer, the Laravel installer, and Expose directly in your terminal. More than 85,000 web developers use Herd every day to create awesome web applications for their users, and they love it. | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/windows/getting-started/installation |
| integrations | You can download the latest version of Herd here. After downloading the installer, you need to run it with admin permissions so that the installer can add the HerdHelper service that is responsible for updating your hosts file and map directories and linked sites to `.test` domains. Once Herd is installed, open it to start the onboarding process. The onboarding process downloads the latest PHP and Node.js versions and lets you choose whether Herd launches at login. During the onboarding, you can connect an AI provider to use Herd Studio. You can skip this step and connect providers later in the settings. After the installation process is complete, you have a fully-functioning PHP and Laravel development environment. This means you can invoke the `herd`, `php`, `laravel`, and `composer` binaries from your terminal: | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/windows/getting-started/installation |
These are first-party product claims, not independent measurements of AI-search visibility.
Marketing opportunities
Actions calculated directly from the collected evidence.
| Opportunity | Recommended action | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Competitor gap | Review the sampled queries where reddit.com appears. | 2 first-page appearances across laravel herd, change node version |
Website intelligence — Collected evidence
Website evidence gaps
- pricing: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
- features: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
- customers: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
- reviews: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
- changes: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
- identity: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
- technical: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
Trust and proof
Customers, proof, and reviews
Published proof, customer signals, and review evidence.
Independent reviews
| Platform | Page | How it was found | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| sethphat.dev | Laravel Herd PRO reviews | Grounded web search | My overall source: 4.5/5. To get 5/5, Herd PRO should be able to provide us these: - Ability to install extra PHP extensions. At the moment, installing a specific extension is not so cool, way too much hassle. If somehow `brew` bumps the extension’s version, we have to update the `php.ini` again, I don’t like this. - Ability to run Laravel Queue Worker - Ability to set up Sites with custom domains or ports. ... Well, as a person who loves to keep my local environment as minimal as possible, I do |
| DevDojo | Shifting from Laragon to Herd on Windows - DevDojo | Grounded web search | Laragon offers nearly unlimited configurability but at the cost of complexity. For example, switching to a new PHP version takes me about 30 minutes and requires consulting ... Laragon is free, while Herd costs 99 EUR. A free version of Herd exists, but without MySQL, it feels too limited. As a web development teacher, I'd love to see an academic version that has at least MySQL included for free. Or with all the services at a reduced price, and/or the possibility for monthly licenses. ... Herd i |
| sitegenixpro.com | Laravel Herd: Ultimate Guide & Comparison | Grounded web search | Real user feedback reinforces these advantages: in a Reddit thread, one developer reported that pages “load faster than Valet” and appreciated the lack of dependency on Homebrew. ... Herd uses static binaries, installing new or custom PHP extensions is |
Customer proof
No named customers, testimonials, or customer case studies were found.
Independent mentions
- Ask HN: Laravel tooling (herd, valet, sail, starter kits) — do I need to install the Herd tooling, Valet, Sail.. all the other bits ... is, when looking at Herd, some of the features are "Pro features" only and I don't really want the upsell. Must I use Sail? Must I use Herd? Must I just use Valet
- Laravel Herd for Windows / Hacker News — robtherobber on March 28, 2024 / next – Interesting, and lovely UI. But I wonder if there's truly a market for it since solutions like Laragon exist and do all that, and then some. I may not see the whole picture here.
- Is Herd (Pro) useful/recommended for WordPress development? · beyondcode/herd-community · Discussion #560 — I’ve been trying Herd Pro out, but I’m struggling to get a lot of basic WordPress things working. Some examples off the top of my head: - Setting up new sites requires manual steps setting up the database that are outside the scope of Herd Pro’s Services feature. - The log files WordPress generates don’t seem to be available to Herd Pro. - I can’t seem to get Xdebug to work, though that may very well be an issue on my end. Is anyone else using this for WordPress development? Should it be useful
- Laravel Herd / cask.news — Maturity: The project shows moderate activity with recent updates but limited community engagement. Community: There is some discussion on Hacker News, indicating interest, though engagement is not high. No mentions on Reddit.
- Because it is hard to install php without LAMP. / Hacker News — You really need to check out Herd (Local) and Forge/Vapor (AWS) you'll never say hard to install again. With Laravel I can go from 0 to new web app in production in 15 Minutes ... my local env with Herd from scratch, build a server with Forge, point A
External links were grounded in one live web search. Search snippets are leads, not independently scraped page content; rejected links remain available in Review evidence.
Company, security, and trust
Ownership, policies, security signals, and public trust evidence.
| Signal | Finding | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Company and ownership | With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint | source |
| Contact and support | Run coding agents from anywhere – from your Mac, your phone or via our API. | source |
| Legal and privacy | Log a cup button "Log a cup" — click to edit Apply Cancel View history | source |
| Security and compliance | Not published on the collected pages. | — |
| Uptime and status page | Not published on the collected pages. | — |
Not found on the collected pages: security and compliance, uptime and status page. This only means Scout did not find it on the pages it read; it says nothing about the company itself.
Documentation and product updates
Help resources, product guidance, and visible changes over time.
| Resource or update | Type | What is available | Date or freshness |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installation - Laravel Herd | Documentation | Documentation is publicly available. (source) | Not dated |
| Installation - Laravel Herd | Documentation | Documentation is publicly available. (source) | Not dated |
| Changelog - Laravel Herd | Changelog | Public product change history. (source) | Not dated |
| Laravel Herd | Changelog | Public product change history. (source) | Not dated |
| Laravel Herd | Product update | Product update is publicly available. (source) | Not dated |
Not found in the collected public sources: public roadmap, status page, separate help center or knowledge base.
Technical
Technical and delivery signals
Delivery model, platforms, API, data ownership, reliability claims and release activity.
| Signal | Finding | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery model (cloud, self-hosted, desktop, browser extension) | Desktop application for macOS and Windows S1 S13. | S1 S13 |
| Platforms and apps | Available for macOS and Windows S33 S147. | S33 S147 |
| API and extensibility (API, SDK, webhooks, MCP, plugins) | Ships with an MCP server and CLI commands for service and PHP management S2. | S2 |
| Data ownership and export | Not published on the collected pages. | — |
| Performance and reliability claims | Described as "blazing fast" S1 S13. | S1 S13 |
| Release activity | Changelog documents ongoing updates and fixes S2. | S2 |
Measured infrastructure
Domain, certificate, and hosting signals, measured directly.
| Signal | Finding |
|---|---|
| First archived | 2023-07-19 — web archive |
| TLS certificate | Google Trust Services, valid, expires 2026-11-27 |
| Security headers | X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options |
| Headers not served | HSTS, CSP, Referrer-Policy |
| Server header | cloudflare |
Not measurable: rdap: HTTP 404; rdap: exceeded the overall budget; wayback: exceeded the overall budget; tls: exceeded the overall budget; dns: exceeded the overall budget; headers: exceeded the overall budget. A gap here means the lookup was unavailable, not that the finding is negative.
Technical site audit
A bounded multi-page crawl with page-level issues and URLs.
Scout — Bounded technical crawl
- Pages crawled: 15 of 15 maximum
- Technical health: 84/100
- Critical issues: 0
- Warnings: 43
- Notices: 13
Issues
| Severity | Issue | Value | Affected URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| notice | Meta description length should be reviewed | 30 | https://herd.laravel.com/windows |
| warning | Missing canonical URL | — | https://herd.laravel.com/windows |
| warning | Missing meta description | — | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/windows/getting-started/installation |
| warning | Page should have one primary H1 | 5 | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/windows/getting-started/installation |
| warning | Missing meta description | — | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/changelog/index |
| warning | Page should have one primary H1 | 8 | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/changelog/index |
| notice | Meta description length should be reviewed | 30 | https://herd.laravel.com/login |
| warning | Missing canonical URL | — | https://herd.laravel.com/login |
| notice | Low visible word count | 33 | https://herd.laravel.com/login |
| notice | Meta description length should be reviewed | 30 | https://herd.laravel.com/register |
| warning | Missing canonical URL | — | https://herd.laravel.com/register |
| notice | Low visible word count | 41 | https://herd.laravel.com/register |
| notice | Meta description length should be reviewed | 30 | https://herd.laravel.com/ |
| warning | Missing canonical URL | — | https://herd.laravel.com/ |
| notice | Meta description length should be reviewed | 30 | https://herd.laravel.com/checkout |
| warning | Page should have one primary H1 | 2 | https://herd.laravel.com/checkout |
| warning | Missing canonical URL | — | https://herd.laravel.com/checkout |
| notice | Meta description length should be reviewed | 30 | https://herd.laravel.com/download/latest/windows |
| warning | Missing canonical URL | — | https://herd.laravel.com/download/latest/windows |
| notice | Low visible word count | 98 | https://herd.laravel.com/download/latest/windows |
| notice | Meta description length should be reviewed | 30 | https://herd.laravel.com/windows |
| warning | Missing canonical URL | — | https://herd.laravel.com/windows |
| warning | Missing meta description | — | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| warning | Page should have one primary H1 | 6 | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| notice | Meta description length should be reviewed | 30 | https://herd.laravel.com/disclaimer |
| warning | Missing canonical URL | — | https://herd.laravel.com/disclaimer |
| notice | Meta description length should be reviewed | 30 | https://herd.laravel.com/privacy |
| warning | Missing canonical URL | — | https://herd.laravel.com/privacy |
| notice | Meta description length should be reviewed | 30 | https://herd.laravel.com/eula |
| warning | Missing canonical URL | — | https://herd.laravel.com/eula |
| warning | Missing meta description | — | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/windows/getting-started/installation |
| warning | Page should have one primary H1 | 5 | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/windows/getting-started/installation |
| warning | Missing meta description | — | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/windows/troubleshooting/common-issues |
| warning | Page should have one primary H1 | 2 | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/windows/troubleshooting/common-issues |
| warning | Duplicate title in audit sample | 9 | https://herd.laravel.com/windows |
| warning | Duplicate title in audit sample | 9 | https://herd.laravel.com/login |
| warning | Duplicate title in audit sample | 9 | https://herd.laravel.com/register |
| warning | Duplicate title in audit sample | 9 | https://herd.laravel.com/ |
| warning | Duplicate title in audit sample | 9 | https://herd.laravel.com/download/latest/windows |
| warning | Duplicate title in audit sample | 9 | https://herd.laravel.com/windows |
| warning | Duplicate title in audit sample | 9 | https://herd.laravel.com/disclaimer |
| warning | Duplicate title in audit sample | 9 | https://herd.laravel.com/privacy |
| warning | Duplicate title in audit sample | 9 | https://herd.laravel.com/eula |
| warning | Duplicate title in audit sample | 3 | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/windows/getting-started/installation |
| warning | Duplicate title in audit sample | 3 | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installation |
| warning | Duplicate title in audit sample | 3 | https://herd.laravel.com/docs/windows/getting-started/installation |
| warning | Duplicate meta description in audit sample | 10 | https://herd.laravel.com/windows |
| warning | Duplicate meta description in audit sample | 10 | https://herd.laravel.com/login |
| warning | Duplicate meta description in audit sample | 10 | https://herd.laravel.com/register |
| warning | Duplicate meta description in audit sample | 10 | https://herd.laravel.com/ |
| warning | Duplicate meta description in audit sample | 10 | https://herd.laravel.com/checkout |
| warning | Duplicate meta description in audit sample | 10 | https://herd.laravel.com/download/latest/windows |
| warning | Duplicate meta description in audit sample | 10 | https://herd.laravel.com/windows |
| warning | Duplicate meta description in audit sample | 10 | https://herd.laravel.com/disclaimer |
| warning | Duplicate meta description in audit sample | 10 | https://herd.laravel.com/privacy |
| warning | Duplicate meta description in audit sample | 10 | https://herd.laravel.com/eula |
Crawled pages
This is a bounded Scout crawl. Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores are not claimed unless a dedicated performance audit is connected.
Search Console and Analytics
First-party search and behavioral data connection state.
Modeled acquisition channels
| Channel | Estimated share |
|---|---|
| direct | 36.5% |
| search | 48.6% |
| search organic | 46.4% |
| search paid | 2.2% |
| social | 3.9% |
| social organic | 3.9% |
| social paid | 0.0% |
| referrals | 7.5% |
| paid referrals | 0.0% |
| 0.7% | |
| gen ai | 2.8% |
| affiliate | 0.0% |
| other | 0.0% |
First-party connections
| Integration | Status | Data available after connection |
|---|---|---|
| Google Search Console | Not connected | Clicks, impressions, CTR, average position, queries, pages, countries, and devices |
| Google Analytics | Not connected | Organic sessions, engagement, landing pages, conversions, geography, and devices |
No first-party Search Console or Analytics numbers are shown until the site owner authorizes the corresponding Google account. Scout traffic model values above are modeled estimates, not private analytics totals.
Limits and method
Limitations and open questions
Known constraints and missing evidence from the collected pages.
The collected pages do not mention any competitors by name. Evidence gaps include lack of detailed pricing page content (only summary provided), no customer testimonials or case studies, and no information on company ownership or uptime status. Open questions include the exact feature set of Herd Pro versus Free, and the availability of Herd Studio on Windows.
Sources, method, and limitations
Evidence inventory, collection method, provider use, and constraints.
This report is based on 11 of 13 collected pages from herd.laravel.com, including installation guides, changelog, homepage, and legal pages. Static and browser rendering providers were used; external proof search was performed but yielded no additional verified evidence. Pricing was supplemented by an owner-reviewed research table from the checkout page. Limitations include incomplete page collection and lack of first-party customer reviews.
- Official Websitehttps://herd.laravel.com/windowsVerified
- Official Websitehttps://herd.laravel.com/Verified
- Documentationhttps://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/getting-started/installationVerified
- Documentationhttps://herd.laravel.com/docs/windows/getting-started/installationVerified
- Documentationhttps://herd.laravel.com/docs/macos/changelog/indexVerified
- Official Websitehttps://herd.laravel.com/privacyVerified
- Official Websitehttps://herd.laravel.com/disclaimerVerified
- Official Websitehttps://herd.laravel.com/eulaVerified
- Official Websitehttps://herd.laravel.com/registerVerified
- Official Websitehttps://herd.laravel.com/download/latest/windowsVerified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40497833Verified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39849689Verified
- Review Sitehttps://sethphat.dev/laravel-herd-pro-reviewsVerified
- Review Sitehttps://devdojo.com/post/bluepundit/shifting-from-laragon-to-herd-windowsVerified
- Articlehttps://github.com/beyondcode/herd-community/discussions/560Verified
- Articlehttps://cask.news/cask/herdVerified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40551623Verified
- Review Sitehttps://sitegenixpro.com/what-is-laravel-herd-a-deep-dive/Verified