## About Deployer
[](https://insight.sensiolabs.com/projects/69072898-df4a-4dee-ab05-c2ae83d6c469)
Deployer is a deployment tool written in PHP.
See [deployer.org](https://deployer.org) for more information and documentation.
Support Deployer development by [](https://www.patreon.com/deployer)
## Requirements
* PHP 5.6.0 and up.
That's all!
You can enable [sockets](http://php.net/manual/en/book.sockets.php) to speedup deployment process with parallel deployment.
## Installation
To install Deployer download [deployer.phar](https://deployer.org/deployer.phar) archive and move deployer.phar to your bin directory and make it executable.
``` sh
curl -LO https://deployer.org/deployer.phar
mv deployer.phar /usr/local/bin/dep
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dep
```
To upgrade Deployer run command:
``` sh
dep self-update
```
Or via composer:
``` sh
composer require deployer/deployer
```
## Documentation
Documentation source can be found in [deployphp/docs](https://github.com/deployphp/docs) repository.
## Who is using Deployer?
* [Aviasales](https://www.aviasales.ru)
* [Playa](https://playa.hk/en)
* [INNN Project's] (http://innn.es)
* [Goratsch Webdesign] (https://www.goratschwebdesign.de)
If you are also using it, please let us know ([Edit this file](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/edit/master/README.md))
## Roadmap
* Better documentation.
* Better DX with intelligible errors.
* Better parallel task runner based on https://github.com/icicleio/icicle
* Task grouping for parallel execution.
* Task combining for less ssh calls.
* Implement `dep status` command with health-check of running application and deployment log.
* More deploy strategies.
* More integration with third-party services.
* Web-based client.
## Maintainers
* Anton Medvedev [@antonmedv](https://github.com/antonmedv)
See also the list of [contributors](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/graphs/contributors) who participated in this project.
## Support
Deployer is an open source project. If you want to support the development of Deployer visit our [patreon page](https://www.patreon.com/deployer).
## License
Licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).