# Local Development with Vagrant / Homestead

DevFeed: [Local Development with Vagrant / Homestead](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/local-development-with-vagrant-homestead-31278.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nystudio107.com/blog/local-development-with-vagrant-homestead>)

Author: andrew@nystudio107.com (Andrew Welch)

Published: 2017-03-31T07:59:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [nystudio107 | Articles on modern web development.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nystudio107-articles-on-modern-web-development.md>)

Topics: [Vagrant](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vagrant.md>), [Provisioning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/provisioning.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>)

Tags: [allows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/allows.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [debugging-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging-tools.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [effectively](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/effectively.md>), [environment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/environment.md>), [homestead](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homestead.md>), [insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/insights.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [local](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/local.md>), [modern-web-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/modern-web-development.md>), [projects](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/projects.md>), [provisioning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/provisioning.md>), [safely](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/safely.md>), [vagrant](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vagrant.md>), [vagrant-homestead](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vagrant-homestead.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how Vagrant/Homestead provides a separate virtual machine for local web development. It discusses safer project workflows, isolated environments, production-like Linux systems, and pre-installed development and debugging tools.

## Source excerpt

A local development environment with Vagrant/Homestead allows you to work on projects more safely and effectively