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Getting started

Five minutes from download to a project opening at https://shop.loc with no certificate warning. Four short steps, in order:

  • Requirements

    Docker, an operating system it runs on, and a little disk. Nothing else — no PHP, no Node, no package manager on your machine.

  • Installation

    One installer per platform, the extra click each OS asks for on an unsigned build, and how to check it worked.

  • First run

    The one question the app asks, the certificate, and your first project from a template, an empty folder or a git repository.

  • Troubleshooting

    The six things that go wrong on a first run, and the button that fixes each one.

Already using XAMPP, Laragon, MAMP, Valet, Sail, Herd or DDEV? StackVo can bring your projects over — see Coming from another tool.

What you will have at the end
A workspace One folder, ~/.stackvo by default, holding your settings and projects.
A project Its own container, its own runtime version, its own database.
An address https://<name>.loc, with a certificate your browser trusts.
A window Start, stop, rebuild, logs, mail, snapshots — no terminal needed.