DDEV powers local development for thousands of developers worldwide

From solo freelancers to enterprise teams, DDEV makes local web development reliable and FAST. With Docker-based environments that "just work," we've helped eliminate the countless hours lost to environment setup and configuration headaches.

Our Impact

• 🚀 20,000 Developer Projects every week
• 🌍 Active community spanning WordPress, Drupal, Laravel, Magento, and more
• 📚 Comprehensive documentation and tutorials loved by beginners and experts
• 🛠️ 9+ years of continuous development and community support

How Your Sponsorship Makes a Difference

Every contribution directly funds:

• Feature Development - New integrations, performance improvements, and cutting-edge capabilities
• Community Support - Documentation, tutorials, and helping developers solve complex problems
• Infrastructure - Testing environments, CI/CD, and the systems that keep DDEV reliable
• Upstream Contributions - Supporting the Docker, PHP, and open-source projects we depend on

About the Team

Randy Fay, Project Lead

Randy has been stewarding DDEV's development for almost 10 years, working alongside an incredible community of contributors. Through conferences, workshops, and direct community support, Randy ensures DDEV remains accessible to developers at every skill level while pushing the boundaries of what local development can be.

Stas Zhuk, Maintainer

Stas is a core maintainer of DDEV and creator/maintainer of numerous DDEV add-ons. Based in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, he became an official full-time DDEV maintainer in October 2023 after contributing to the project since 2021. With expertise in Laravel, PHP, and DevOps tools, he has contributed over 500 commits, bugfixes, and features to DDEV, including major improvements like enhanced composer commands, environment file support, and add-on ecosystem development. His deep technical knowledge and passion for innovation make him essential to DDEV's continued growth and sustainability.

Join Our Community of Supporters

Your sponsorship isn't just funding—it's joining a movement to make local development better for everyone. Together, we're building tools that give developers more time to focus on what they love: creating amazing web experiences.

Ready to support the future of local web development? Do it here!

Alternate Funding Options

We have loads of funding methods to make it easy for you and your organization. Please email support (at) ddev.com for any of the following:

• Invoices for your organization.
• Custom support contracts or recurring invoices.
• Payment via ACH, SWIFT/IBAN, wise.com
• PayPal

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