One Mac app. Free and Pro.
Sites, runtimes, databases, mail, and debugging, in one native Mac app. Link a folder and get to work.
Every project, with its own runtime and address.
Four PHP versions, side by side.
PostgreSQL, Redis, and Mailpit, managed by PXM.
Every outgoing email, caught on your Mac.
01The workspace
Link a folder and PXM works out what it is. Give each project its own PHP or Node version, a .test address, and HTTPS, then get back to the code.
Drop projects into a watched folder. Open them at a clean .test address, turn on local HTTPS, and choose the PHP or Node version each one needs.
Download prebuilt PHP and extensions in the app. Switch versions, manage Node and Composer, and set sensible defaults.
Add MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and more. Keep an existing server, or import a copy into a service PXM manages.
See what your app is sending without leaving your workspace. Open any message, read the HTML preview, and move on.
.test address, served by Caddy and PHP-FPM. Turn on local HTTPS with a certificate from mkcert, or import your own. Add response headers and directory listing when a project needs them..nvmrc and .node-version files and understands LTS aliases, so each site runs on the version it expects.pxm.json and pxm-driver.json, committed beside your code. Export a site as a portable file and import its settings on another Mac. Proxy a local dev server to a .test name, with WebSockets passed through.02Services and databases
Install MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and nine more from the app. Run several instances side by side, clone one for an experiment, and copy its .env lines straight into your project. Included with PXM Pro.
Provisioning creates the instance. It does not run migrations, import data, or create buckets or indexes. Most optional service installers still use Homebrew; MongoDB, Typesense, and RustFS download directly.
03Inspect
Mail, dumps, queries, logs, and profiles sit next to the sites that produce them. Open the one you need, get your answer, and get back to the code.
pxm debug and pxm coverage run the CLI under Xdebug.04Project tasks
Run a queue worker, the scheduler, Reverb, a Vite dev server, composer install, or npm install from the site's panel. Tasks use the site's pinned runtimes and stop when you quit PXM.
Frontend and Reverb tasks take a port of your choosing. The Reverb project task is Free. The standalone Reverb manager, with Reverb 1.12.0, is part of Pro.
Task kinds
05Beyond the window
The same sites, runtimes, services, and tasks, reachable from the command line you already use and from an AI coding agent.
Command line Free
pxm ships inside the app. Eight shims put php, node, npm, npx, composer, corepack, laravel, and cpx on your path, and each one resolves to the version the current project pinned.
pxm site add "$HOME/Projects/shop" --name shoppxm site php shop 8.4pxm task start shop queuepxm php artisan test
AI agents Pro
PXM's built-in MCP server connects your coding agent to your sites, runtimes, services, and logs. 44 tools, a debug_site prompt, and one resource per site, over stdio on your Mac. Specific management tools, not a shell.
pxm_site_detailssite: atlasLaravel · Running · PHP 8.5.11 · Node Automatic · http://localhost:8101
pxm_site_logssite: atlasRecent lines returned.
Your client can ask before pxm_pin_php runs.
Illustrative conversation. Tool names are real. Your client decides how it presents tools and approvals.
06Moving in
PXM reads Herd and Valet parked folders and links without touching them, detects each project's PHP pin, and imports only the sites you select. With Pro, it can also find and adopt existing databases. You move at your own pace, one project at a time.
Read the migration guideFinds what you already run
Local routing changes hands when the other tool releases its ports. PXM does not switch it for you.
07The native parts
Pricing
Free covers sites, runtimes, tasks, SPX, and sharing. Pro adds services, inspectors, Tinker, and the MCP server.
PXM
Everything you need to run local sites.
No account. No license key. No credit card.
PXM Pro · Billed yearly
The whole stack, on two Macs.
US$49 billed yearly. Cancel renewal anytime; Pro stays active through your paid period.
PXM Pro
All of Pro. One payment.
US$129.99 paid once. Periodic online license checks apply to Pro.
One Mac app, with Free and Pro built in. Paid plans open Stripe checkout directly. Prices in US dollars. Purchase terms · 14-day refund policy.
If a Pro license expires, your sites and Free tools keep running. Managed services stop gracefully, and database files and project settings stay on disk.
Questions
Sites with .test addresses and local HTTPS, PHP 8.2 to 8.5, Node, Composer, Laravel creation, project tasks, SPX profiling, Cloudflare sharing, and the workspace commands in pxm. No account, license key, or credit card. Pro adds managed services and databases, WordPress creation, Mail, Dumps and Insights, Xdebug, Tinker, pxm debug and coverage, the capture commands, and the MCP server.
Not for PHP, its extensions, or Node. PXM downloads signed prebuilt packages for those. Some optional service installers still use Homebrew, and individual project tools may have requirements of their own.
8.2, 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5, as CLI and FPM builds for Apple Silicon and Intel. PXM does not ship PHP 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, or beta builds.
Yes. Choose a workspace default, then pin any site to another installed version. Each site runs in its own PHP-FPM pool, so several PHP versions serve at the same time.
Yes. Save a connection to keep using the current server, or import selected databases into a new service PXM manages. The original data stays with its server. Both options need Pro. Read the database guide.
Yes. PXM reads Herd and Valet parked folders and links without changing them, detects each project's PHP pin, and imports the sites you choose. Sites are served by Caddy and PHP-FPM. Local routing moves to PXM once the other tool releases its ports; there is no automatic cutover.
Yes. The MCP server, the capture commands, and pxm debug and coverage are part of PXM Pro. The rest of the command line is Free. Read about PXM for AI agents.
A Quick Link gives a running site a temporary public address through a Cloudflare tunnel. To share on your own domain, connect the Cloudflare account that manages it and choose a subdomain. A tunnel configured in the Cloudflare dashboard can also be started with its token, after you accept its configured routes. Sharing never starts on its own, and stopping a share leaves your remote tunnel and DNS records in place for you to manage.
Your sites and every Free tool keep running. Managed Pro services stop gracefully, and your database files and project settings remain on disk. The recovery commands for listing, stopping, and removing services keep working. Renew to manage services again.
PXM checks an Ed25519-signed Sparkle feed and tells you when a new version is ready. You choose when to install it. Checking the PHP and Node catalogs never installs or switches a runtime.
PXM is built for macOS first and needs macOS 14 or later. Windows is planned, with no release date announced.
Open PXM, link a project, and get back to the work you came to do.