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Overview

Envloom is a local development stack manager focused on keeping your machine-level stack predictable while letting projects differ where needed.

It combines runtime management, local web server setup, site configuration, SSL, and operational tools (systray + logs + CLI) in one workflow.

What Envloom manages

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  • Versioned runtimes: PHP and Node.js (via NVM)
  • Local stack services: MariaDB and Nginx
  • Runtime “current” selection plus local shims in bin
  • Per-site configuration (for example, a different PHP version for one project)
  • Local SSL certificates, local CA trust, and Nginx vhosts
  • Hosts file synchronization for .test local domains (for example app.test)
  • Systray quick actions for service control and runtime switching
  • Logs viewer for runtime/PHP/Nginx/MariaDB logs
  • CLI access through loom

Why it exists

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Local development setups usually fail in the same places:

  • version drift between projects
  • fragile manual vhost + hosts changes
  • SSL friction for .test local domains
  • slow debugging when services fail to start
  • too many tools for simple daily tasks

Envloom aims to reduce that glue work while keeping the system understandable.

Platform availability

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Envloom is available on Windows today.

The product and docs are written in a platform-friendly way on purpose so future platform support can fit naturally without rewriting the mental model.

Core workflow

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  1. Install Envloom and complete the first launch setup (local CA, hosts/vhost permissions as needed).
  2. Choose default runtime versions for your machine.
  3. Add/link local sites and enable local SSL when needed.
  4. Use the systray or loom CLI for quick operations.
  5. Use the logs viewer when a runtime or service behaves unexpectedly.

Next steps

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