1.20.0
2025-04-16

New features

  • The “Sites” window is now integrated into the settings and received a major design overhaul
  • You can now add “aliases” (links) right from the sites UI, by right-clicking on a site in the list
  • Sites with aliases/links now get grouped together
  • You can now hide sites that do not have a valid driver
  • Sites can be grouped individually
  • The PHP ini settings can now be configured for each installed PHP version individually

Fixes and Improvements

  • Updated the built-in Composer binary
  • Using herd isolate with a PHP version that is not yet installed, now installs the specified version
  • We fixed an issue where NVM / Node would not get properly detected if your default shell is bash
  • We fixed an issue with NVM not being properly installed on macOS Sequoia 15.4
  • The ability to delete sites was moved to the context menu
1.19.0
2025-04-02

New features

  • We updated the settings to have a completely refreshed design 💅
  • We prepared Herd to be ready for our official Raycast extension, which will be available soon 👀

Fixes and Improvements

  • The font size for the log viewer can now be adjusted using CMD+/CMD-
  • Cursor is now added to the list of IDEs
  • The site wizard now filters out project paths that no longer exist
  • We fixed a bug where not all service names and ports were detected when using herd init
1.18.0
2025-03-11

New features

  • MariaDB is now available as a service to install (requires Herd Pro)
  • You can now create a new Laravel project using a community starter kit
  • We added support for a new custom URL that allows you to open the site wizard with your custom starter-kit prefilled

Fixes and Improvements

  • Updated the Laravel installer to the latest version
  • Updated cacert.pem to the latest version
1.17.0
2025-03-03

New features

  • The site wizard now allows you to choose whether you want to use Volt in combination with the new Livewire starter kit or not
  • You can now quick-connect to your services (like MySQL, Redis, etc.) from the menubar
  • We added the ability to easily update the Laravel installer from the “PHP” settings

Fixes and Improvements

  • Updated the Laravel installer to the latest version
  • Updated Composer to the latest version
  • We fixed a potential crash when navigating the site creation wizard with the arrow keys
  • Running herd open from the command line no longer shows the Herd dock icon
1.16.0
2025-02-24

New features

  • We updated the site creation wizard to use the new Laravel Vue, React and Livewire starter kits
  • We added a global shortcut option to quickly open the site creation wizard
  • We added a “Create New Site” option in the menubar to quickly open the site creation wizard
  • You can now right-click on your database services to copy the connection URL to your clipboard

Fixes and Improvements

  • Updated the Laravel installer to the latest version
  • Updated Expose to the latest version
1.15.0
2025-02-19

New features

  • We added a new option to create secure Minio services
  • This releases includes Expose 3.0 and allows you to configure the default Expose server and custom domain in your Herd settings

Fixes and Improvements

  • Updated composer to the latest version
  • Updated the Laravel installer to the latest version
  • Fixed an issue where deleting the Herd keychain passwords could result in an application crash
  • Fixed an issue when using herd proxy without the secure flag
  • Fixed an issue when running herd init with PHP 8.4
1.14.1
2025-01-10