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title: "Introduction"
description: "Deployment tool built on PHP Deployer to manage the deployments of several websites on a single server with shell actions"
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date: "2026-10-10"
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url: "https://www.derafu.dev/docs/sysadmin/deployer/introduction"
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# PHP Deployer for multiple sites

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Derafu Deployer is a PHP deployment tool built on top of [Deployer](https://deployer.org/) that simplifies managing deployments for multiple websites on a single server.

## Features

- Deploy multiple sites from a single configuration.
- Deploy individual sites or all sites at once.
- Support for different deployment environments (development, production).
- Shared files and directories between releases.
- Writable directories configuration.
- Asset building support for sites with Node.js/npm.
- Run custom commands during the deployment.
- OPcache reset after deployments.
- Simple and flexible configuration.
- Support for different Git branches per site.

## Requirements

- PHP 8.4 or higher.
- SSH access to your servers.
- Git repositories for your projects.

## Installation

```bash
composer create-project derafu/deployer
```

**Note**: The tool is designed to be used standalone, not inside other project.



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Last updated on 10/10/2026