Anvil 0.2.0 (beta)

The first public release, a beta for macOS: a desktop app that carries the anvil CLI.

Added

• .test domains, ports 80/443 and HTTPS per app, set up with one password prompt.
• Park a folder or link one; extra domains per app.
• Detection of Laravel, Statamic, Symfony, PHP, static, Next.js, Nuxt, Vite, Node.js, Rust, Go, .NET, Django, FastAPI, Flask and Docker Compose.
• PHP 8.1–8.5, Node.js, Go, Rust, .NET and Python, isolated in ~/.anvil and pinned per app.
• Services: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Mailpit and S3 storage, as many as you need.
• Dev processes with live output, and Docker Compose containers.
• Git worktrees side by side, each with its own address, processes and database.
• .anvil.toml: a project's PHP, Node.js and services.
• New apps from templates (anvil new).
• Logs, Packages, Git and disk usage per app.
• Desktop app with a menu bar icon, Processes window, updates and notifications.
• pnpm comes with Anvil: apps without a pnpm of yours use Anvil's, so Node.js 25+ apps install without Corepack.
• Shared dependencies: a pnpm app's node_modules can link into pnpm's store; on for worktrees (app Settings tab).
• Switch to pnpm: move an npm or yarn app to pnpm from the Packages tab (anvil app pnpm <app>).
• Storage shows pnpm's store and can prune it.
• pnpm in a terminal follows each app, like node and npm.
• PHP extensions: Xdebug, PCOV, APCu, igbinary and msgpack, per PHP version, per app or from .anvil.toml.
• OPcache for PHP 8.1–8.4.
• Laravel Octane with RoadRunner, FrankenPHP or Swoole (experimental).
• Requests tab: every request an app served, with headers (anvil app requests).
• Browser errors: an app's JavaScript errors, failed requests and page loads, for agents (anvil app browser).
• Plugins, off by default:
• Agents (MCP): requests, mail, browser errors, worktree removal, aliases; the app defaults to the agent's folder.
• Overview: Aliases, and a Mail line for apps that send to Mailpit.
• A web root of your choice per app (anvil app root).
• anvil app start|stop|restart and anvil service start|stop act in the running app.
• Processes › Agents: what agents and the terminal did through Anvil.

Changed

• Each window can run only the actions it offers; Settings and Processes can no longer change apps or processes.
• New apps use pnpm by default (anvil new --pm picks another).
• Settings: the sidebar is grouped (app, Languages, Plugins), and a plugin that is on gets its own page.
• Settings › PHP: each version's extensions, OPcache included, slide open from "Extensions n/6"; OPcache can be built or removed, after a confirm.
• Settings: Make default and Uninstall are quiet text actions; Uninstall asks in the row.
• Switches show a muted green when on.
• Sidebar: worktrees fold under their app; a lock shows HTTP or HTTPS.
• Packages tab: key packages as badges, with Check outdated and Check security.
• New worktree: a branch that doesn't exist is created.
• Removing a worktree lists the files git doesn't keep before you confirm.
• php.ini values also apply to an app's processes and the terminal.
• Lower CPU use while windows are open.

Fixed

• A dev server left behind by an Anvil that was killed stops before its app starts again, instead of failing with "address already in use".
• A service port picked for you is never Anvil's own web or DNS port.
• Share no longer says the web server isn't running when it is.
• Tunnel: a shared app whose HTTPS is turned on keeps working at its public address.
• An address no app has answers "No app at …" (404) instead of an empty page.
• Apps inside a dot folder (~/.sites/shop) returned 404 for their files.
• CPU and memory were missing under locales with decimal commas.
• Dev processes left by a killed Anvil kept their ports.
• Uninstalling a Node.js, Go, Rust or Python version apps are pinned to is refused.
• .NET apps no longer offer a version to pin.
• The first MySQL on a new install failed to start.

Security

• Everything listens on 127.0.0.1 only; dotfiles are never served.
• Downloads are checked against their published checksums.