I posted lerd here at the 1.0 launch and got really useful feedback from folks running it on everything from Arch and Fedora to Ubuntu and NixOS. Coming back with an update since the Linux story has improved a lot.

For anyone new, lerd is an open source local PHP dev environment built on rootless Podman, no docker desktop, no daemon as root, ships as a single Go binary. It detects your project's framework automatically and gives you .test domains, per-project PHP version isolation, one-command HTTPS, and a stack of common services (MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Meilisearch, Mailpit) plus one-click presets for phpMyAdmin, pgAdmin, and others. Everything goes through systemd user units and Podman quadlets, no sudo required after install.

Highlights since the launch post:

• Install works on Ubuntu 26.04 (sudo-rs), Fedora 41+, Arch, openSUSE Tumbleweed, NixOS, anything with strict-sudo defaults.
• Optional install mode that doesn't touch system DNS, sites resolve via *.localhost instead.
• lerd doctor walks the whole DNS chain (lerd-dns, dnsmasq, port 5300, dig, resolver hookup, system lookup) and tells you exactly which rung is broken instead of one vague error.
• First-class omarchy support.
• Idle CPU is near zero with the dashboard open, the cache backs off when systemd-logind reports the session as idle or locked.
• Dual-stack IPv4 + IPv6 with auto-detection (--no-ipv6 to opt out).
• Btop-style lerd tui for terminal folks, near-parity with the web dashboard.

Would love feedback from Linux devs, especially if your distro hits anything weird with DNS or systemd. Stars on GitHub help a lot if you like the project.