Rig compared honestly
Rig is a local process control plane for Mac, not a PHP runtime, not a container engine, and not a WordPress-only studio. Compare it with Laravel Herd, Laravel Valet, Docker Desktop, Local by WP Engine, a pile of terminal tabs, and a typical private network. In most cases the honest answer is to keep the specialist tool and add Rig beside it: Herd or Valet for PHP, Docker for images, Local for WordPress-only depth, a browsing VPN for internet egress, Rig for the rest of the stack, logs, ports, MCP, share, and Mesh between your Macs. Use the individual comparison pages when you are choosing a morning workflow, not a religion.