CodeIgniter CodeIgniter is an open-source software rapid development web framework, for use in building dynamic web sites with PHP. Docksal Setup Thoughts on running CodeIgniter with Docksal. Initial setup is easy # Setup CodeIgniter composer create-project codeigniter4/appstarter myproject cd myproject # Initialise a new Docksal project # set DOCROOT to public fin init # Plug the database settings into the project echo " database.default.hostname = getenv('MYSQL_HOST') database.default.database = getenv('MYSQL_DB') database.default.username = getenv('MYSQL_USER') database.default.password = getenv('MYSQL_PASSWORD') " >> .env # Done fin project start Don't remember there being more to it.  Stack assumptions fin init starts a LAMP stack. CodeIgniter project requires changing database settings in .env . However it turns out this is managed by CI, so the settings in the file are picked up without having to make changes! Missing spark add-on Like Laravel's artisan, CodeIgniter has a helper utility called spark. There is no add-on, but it's easy to make . Currently this means you type commands a bit more verbosely, for example fin exec php spark whatevs . Run the spark dev server I'm not sure if this is needed really (as discussed under Stack assumptions), however if you have a need (let me know), then the dev server can be exposed as follows: Create .docksal/docksal-local.yml with the following contents: version: "2.1" services: cli: ports: - '8080:8080' Apply using fin start . Run using fin exec php spark serve -host 0.0.0.0 then open https://myproject.docksal.site:8080.