hero21's avatar

Can I use laravel Valet on Windows os

Hi, I want to know, is laravel valet for windows os as well or not? I looks something amazing.

Thank's :)

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bobbybouwmann's avatar
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I believe it's mac only for now! It uses the build in server from PHP

As the documentation states:

Valet is a Laravel development environment for Mac minimalists. No Vagrant, No Apache, No Nginx, No /etc/hosts file. You can even share your sites publicly using local tunnels. Yeah, we like it too.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/taylorotwell/status/728068776424394752

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erikverbeek's avatar

No, unfortunately for you Valet is a Mac only application. Taylor has stated in the Laravel podcast that he is too unfamiliar with Windows too build and support Valet on that platform.

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christopher's avatar

There is an open Pull Request to add Ubuntu/Debian Support, so you could install a virtual machine or something like that. Of course this would not really make any sense :D

sweijdt's avatar

Awesome. I haven't checked it out @zaheen, but if it's really possible that would be so great. I'm on a Mac.. but so many users are on a Windows. It's difficult if you can't use the same tools. Valet is really important for rookies on Windows because they can use it right away. Homestead is too difficult for rookies.

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vitr's avatar

I'm trying to bring out this thing https://github.com/vitr/valet4windows Laravel Valet For Windows.

obviously, it works on my machine))), but I need more testers before v1 release, I'd appreciate any feedback.

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leolam2005's avatar

try Laragon for Windows.

You will love it too.

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darkninja's avatar

I agree with @leolam2005 that Laragon is a great option that offers pretty much the same experience on windows.

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adiachenko's avatar

@darkninja Not really. Laragon is XAMPP/MAMP/EasyPHP/OpenServer alternative with all unnecessary bloat and opinionated choices while Valet is a minimal HTTP server that doesn't pollute your system and is good enough for fast prototyping. I tried @vitr fork https://github.com/vitr/valet4windows. It isn't perfect but it works for me.

darkninja's avatar

@adiachenko True with all the bloated software that gets installed and i have yet to try @vitr fork as i work on my mac mostly anyway, I was more referring to the ease of use on install and getting a site up on windows with laravel but good point on the overhead if the person requires that.

akaHyped's avatar

LOVING Valet4Windows solely for the share feature! Thanks for the suggestion works like a charm

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