DDEV Overview
DDEV is an open source local development environment for PHP and web projects. The verified links on this page use the official DDEV 1.25.2 GitHub release assets, including Windows installers, macOS tarballs, Linux DEB/RPM packages, WSL2 packages, and portable command line archives. These direct files are suitable for saving to an internal software share before installing on developer machines. DDEV uses Docker to run project services such as web servers, PHP, and databases, so the installer provides the DDEV command line tooling rather than bundling every project dependency. After installing the package for the target platform, developers can start a project with ddev config and ddev start. In restricted environments, mirror any required container images and document project-specific service versions before deployment. For managed rollout, use the Windows EXE installer on Windows, the macOS tarball for Intel or Apple Silicon Macs, and the DEB/RPM packages for Linux distributions. Keep the checksums file from the same release with your deployment bundle so each downloaded package can be verified later. The DDEV offline installer is the standalone setup distribution for Windows/macOS/Linux, with the full setup file suitable for offline deployment on developer workstations and CI/build machines that cannot reach the vendor's update servers during install.