System requirements
- macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later
- Apple Silicon (arm64)
- Free ports for enabled services
Docker Desktop is required only for Docker mode. Download from https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/ and start it before selecting Docker.
First launch
Onboarding chooses Native or Docker. Native prepares managed services on first start; Docker checks Docker Desktop. Reopen onboarding from Settings → General → Show onboarding again.
Default paths
- Projects (www):
~/MacFullStack/www - SQL dumps:
~/MacFullStack/dumps - ZIP archives:
~/MacFullStack/archives - MacFullStack data:
~/Library/Application Support/MacFullStack - Global php.ini override:
~/Library/Application Support/MacFullStack/php/99-macstack.ini - Per-project overrides:
{project}/.macstack/(see Project config)