Hosting websites
Create Apache/Nginx virtual hosts, enable PHP per site, import legacy MAMP/XAMPP/Server.app sites, and issue trusted HTTPS with mkcert or Let's Encrypt.
Many localhosts, no wall of Terminal windows
Run as many local sites as you like, side by side — without a screenful of shell tabs and Terminal windows to babysit. Each is its own Apache or Nginx virtual host with the PHP version it needs and trusted HTTPS, and you start, stop, edit or open any of them from the app — no Terminal, no hand-edited config. The New Site (with DNS) wizard creates a vhost, a certificate (mkcert or Let’s Encrypt) and a Cloudflare DNS record in one flow, and the importer pulls your existing MAMP / XAMPP / Server.app sites onto a managed Homebrew stack, bound to localhost by default.
Save your scripts to a palette — and schedule them
The command-line steps you run all day — build, deploy, db reset, cache warm — can be saved into the Scripts palette: a small, always-on-top window you keep beside your editor and pop open any time. Run a script with a click, or set it to fire automatically on real system cron. Each saved script is a genuine executable, so what you test by hand is exactly what runs on a schedule, by hand or unattended.
Pick your environment: local Docker or the cloud
Work across multiple environments from one window. Drive local Docker containers (Docker, OrbStack or Apple’s container runtime) for your services, then point the same actions at a cloud server over SSH when it’s time to ship — the Containers and Cloud Servers panes (and the AI Administrator) target whichever you choose. Databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis) sit alongside, with per-instance credentials in a local vault.
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