Vagrant

Vagrant is a tool for Mac designed to help you manage different development environments in a unified way. Without creating conflicts between versions, you can seamlessly integrate different virtualization tools such as Parallels, VMware Fusion, and VirtualBox by installing this app with Homebrew.

Create a virtual machine in seconds

To create a project with Vagrant, first you need to generate a Vagrantfile in the root of the directory. After that, simply define the command config.vm.box = "almalinux/8" and specify the provider of Parallels. Next, run vagrant up, and in less than 90 seconds, you will have a server that's identical to the production one, with a local code folder that syncs automatically.

Compatible with Apple Silicon

By using Vagrant with Parallels, you can enjoy the fastest and most energy-efficient virtualization experience available on macOS. The management of snapshots and the ease of destroying and recreating environments in seconds is infinitely superior to manually managing virtual machines from the graphical interfaces offered by other virtualization programs.

Download Vagrant for Mac to get the most out of this free open-source tool, although it does practically force you to use other paid tools like Parallels or VMware. That said, this program offers a fairly clean installation process and frees you from having to constantly think about the virtualization tool during the configuration process.