What is Rig?
In one sentence
What it is not
Who it’s for
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Local-first control plane for every process in local development.
Rig is a Mac app that discovers, starts, stops, and watches the processes behind your projects — with shared logs, ports, MCP for AI editors, and optional cloud for multi-Mac teams.
Solo developers and small teams juggling multi-service apps, Laravel/Valet, AI agents, and more than one Mac.
- Not a hosted IDE or cloud coding VM
- Not a replacement for Docker Desktop when you need containers
- Not a requirement to use cloud — Mac stays useful offline
- Your first 10 minutes
- Install Rig on Mac
- Add a project and start it
What is Rig? Local-first control plane for every process in local development. overview intro In one sentence What it is not Who it\u2019s for
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This article is part of the Rig knowledge base at userig.app/docs. Rig is a local-first Mac app that runs, watches, and restarts development processes with unified logs, ports, and a scoped MCP hub for AI coding agents. Your source code stays on your Mac.