DDEV

DDEV is a Docker-based local development tool for PHP/Node projects. It wraps common CLI tools (composer, npm, wp, drush, etc.) so they run inside containers without requiring local installation. Full docs: https://docs.ddev.com

CLI Syntactic Sugar

DDEV provides shortcut commands that proxy to container-internal tools. Use these instead of ddev exec:

ddev composer install          # runs composer inside the container
ddev npm run build             # runs npm inside the container
ddev wp plugin list            # runs wp-cli (WordPress only)
ddev drush cr                  # runs drush (Drupal only)
ddev artisan migrate           # runs artisan (Laravel only)
ddev console cache:clear       # runs bin/console (Symfony only)
ddev yarn add <pkg>            # runs yarn inside the container
ddev php -v                    # runs PHP inside the container