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Raised: $8,228 Goal: $12,000
69% of monthly goal Help us cross the finish line!
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DDEV January 2026: Year in Review, Looking Ahead, and Community Momentum

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Randy Fay

January 20, 2026 4 min read

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This is the time of year that many of us look backward and forward to inform our future, and DDEV is no different. We took the time to review last year and put together plans for 2026.

  • DDEV 2025 Review → The numbers tell an impressive story: growth in adoption, features, and community engagement. Read more↗
  • DDEV 2026 Plans → Our roadmap for sustainability, new features, and expanding the community. Read more↗
  • Board and Advisory Group Meeting was last week, and you can read the summary and watch the recording. See it all↗

Lots of new DDEV GUI experiments!

Many DDEV users love the PhpStorm/IntelliJ DDEV Integration Plugin maintained by AkibaAT and the VS Code DDEV Manager by Biati Digital, but there are new experimental entries in the GUI manager space:

  • DevWorkspacePro by damms005 is a commercial entry in the wrapper-GUI space that has had lots of energy applied to it. There isn’t currently a free trial available, and it’s a bit pricey, but see it at https://devworkspacepro.com/.
  • DDEVBar for macOS → Klemens Starybrat built a native Mac menu bar app that makes managing DDEV projects simpler. Check it out↗
  • DDEV Manager GUI → VonLoxx created another DDEV wrapper GUI. Try it out↗
  • DDEV GUI by ChaosKing (only tested on Linux) is another entry in this category. Experiment and give feedback↗

Community Tutorials from Around the World

  • Navigating Local Development Landscapes → Tag1 explores modern approaches to local development environments, featuring DDEV. Read on Tag1↗
  • Configurando um Ambiente de Desenvolvimento WordPress com DDEV (Docker) → Willian Rodrigues walks through configuring a fast, standardized WordPress development environment (in Portuguese). Read on Dev.to↗
  • DDEV and Gotenberg: Using Custom Fonts for Your PDFs → Jean-David Daviet explains how to integrate Gotenberg with DDEV for PDF generation with custom fonts (in English and French). Read the tutorial↗
  • Custom Drupal 11 Theme with TailwindCSS 4.1 → Serhii Shevchyk demonstrates setting up a modern Drupal 11 theme using TailwindCSS and DDEV. Read on Medium↗

Community Video Tutorials

  • CraftQuest: DDEV + Vite + Tailwind Boilerplate from Scratch → Learn to build a modern development boilerplate combining DDEV, Vite, and Tailwind CSS. Watch on CraftQuest↗
  • My CraftQuest DDEV Setup → Prolific trainer Ryan Irelan shows his setup for Craft CMS Watch↗
  • An introduction to Ansible and using ce-deploy in DDEV → Greg Harvey demonstrates deployment workflows using Ansible and ce-deploy with DDEV. Watch on YouTube↗

Help Us Out: Use HEAD

Want to help DDEV development? Consider testing with the HEAD version of DDEV. This helps us catch issues early. We expect that some advanced users with complex Dockerfiles may have hiccups with upcoming v1.25.0. It’s easy, See the docs↗ for instructions.

DDEV Training Continues

Join us for upcoming training sessions for contributors and users.

Zoom Info: Link: Join Zoom Meeting Passcode: 12345

Sponsorship Update: You Showed Up

When we shared the news about Upsun lowering their sponsorship, the community responded. In just one month, sponsorship jumped from 58% to 68% of our goal—a 10% increase that makes a real difference. Thank you to everyone who stepped up and to those of you who are about to jump on board.

Previous status (December 2025): ~$6,964/month (58% of goal)

January 19, 2026: ~$8,208/month (68% of goal)

DDEV Sponsorship Growth Chart

If DDEV has helped your team, now is the time to give back. Whether you’re an individual developer, an agency, or an organization — your contribution makes a difference. → Become a sponsor↗

Contact us to discuss sponsorship options that work for your organization.

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Compiled and edited with assistance from Claude Code.

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