Docksal

What it does

Audience

The product is presented as a web development environment, with starter stacks and tools for developers working with CMSs and frameworks such as Drupal, WordPress, and Laravel.checked 8 Oct 2026

Automation

Custom commands can use any interpreter, and the product site describes automating builds, theme packaging, and deployments to development, staging, or CI servers.checked 8 Oct 2026

Built-in tools

Project stacks include tools such as Composer, PHP Code Sniffer, PHP CLI, Node, npm, Ruby, Bundler, and Python; PHP, Drupal, and WordPress development also gets Drush, Drupal Console, and WP-CLI.checked 8 Oct 2026

CLI

Its command line tool, fin, manages Docksal components.checked 8 Oct 2026

CMS boilerplates

The product site lists boilerplates for Drupal, WordPress, Laravel, Magento, Grav, Gatsby, Hugo, and JAM.checked 8 Oct 2026

CMS starter projects

The official site lists boilerplates for Drupal, WordPress, Laravel, Magento, Grav, Gatsby, Hugo, and JAM.checked 8 Oct 2026

Command line

Docksal includes the `fin` command-line tool to manage its components.checked 8 Oct 2026

Development tools

Project stacks include Composer, PHP Code Sniffer, php-cli, Node, npm, Ruby, Bundler, Python, Drush, Drupal Console, and WP-CLI.checked 8 Oct 2026

Hosting integrations

The documentation lists integrations and tools including Acquia BLT, Pantheon Terminus, Platform.sh, and Cloudflare Tunnel.checked 8 Oct 2026

Integrations

Documentation lists tools and integrations including Acquia BLT, Behat, Cloudflare Tunnel, Composer, Drush, Pantheon Terminus, Platform.sh, WP-CLI, Xdebug, and ngrok.checked 8 Oct 2026

Operating systems

The installation pages describe macOS, Linux, and Windows support, using Docker Desktop or VirtualBox where specified.checked 8 Oct 2026

Permissions

The installer requires administrative privileges to install fin, configure networking, and make operating-system-specific changes.checked 8 Oct 2026

Project isolation

Projects are separated, can use different stack requirements and service versions, and can be managed independently.checked 8 Oct 2026

Project model

The product site describes Docksal as a collective effort by contributors and supporters, and lists maintainers and developer advocates rather than a company headquarters or founding date.checked 8 Oct 2026

Purpose

Docksal defines and manages web development environments using Docker and Docker Compose to create containerized project environments.checked 8 Oct 2026

Quick setup

The documentation says a zero-configuration AMP stack can be running with two commands.checked 8 Oct 2026

Security and networking

On Windows and Linux, Docksal routes all DNS queries through its DNS resolver by default; the documentation describes fallback to the host's next configured DNS server if Docksal's VM or DNS service is down.checked 8 Oct 2026

Services

Built-in support includes Apache Solr, Varnish, Memcache, Selenium, and Behat, and other services can be added as Docker containers.checked 8 Oct 2026

Sharing

Docksal documentation describes sharing a site over the internet using ngrok.checked 8 Oct 2026

SSH key handling

The SSH agent service can share keys across project containers; documentation cautions that on Windows and macOS, other local users could access keys through its configured proxy port.checked 8 Oct 2026

Support

The product site directs users to GitHub Discussions for support and lists [email protected] as its contact email.checked 8 Oct 2026

System requirement

The current installation documentation specifies 8 GB or more of RAM.checked 8 Oct 2026

System requirements

The documentation specifies 8 GB or more of RAM; Windows requires Windows 10 and hardware virtualization, and Linux requires an SSE4.2-capable CPU.checked 8 Oct 2026