Welcome

ps-lando spins up a full PrestaShop sandbox — open to any theme — in one command.

ps-lando is a zero-config CLI for local PrestaShop development. Drop any theme zip into a folder, run one command, and you have a working sandbox. It wraps Lando (which wraps Docker) and adds the pieces every PrestaShop developer actually needs — open to any theme, with a bundled panda preset for Panda shops:

Open to any theme — auto-detects the theme from theme.yml in any zip you drop in cwd. No theme-specific binary.
Downloads PrestaShop from the official CDN (PS 9.x) or GitHub Releases (PS 8.x).
Extracts the theme zip and copies all module zips alongside it.
Runs the PrestaShop CLI installer with sensible defaults.
Installs every module in dependency-aware parallel batches.
Auto-loads the bundled panda preset when a panda*.zip is detected — backwards-compatible Panda + Easy Builder behavior.
Optionally runs hook scripts and bundled recipes (now with PS_LANDO_THEME_NAME, PS_LANDO_PRESETS, and a JSON resolved-plan in env).
Optional pslando.config.json (via ps-lando init) for explicit, repeatable behavior.
Full sandbox lifecycle commands: db reset, db dump, db restore, doctor.

If you've ever spent an afternoon installing PrestaShop, dragging zips, configuring Lando, and re-installing modules one by one — ps-lando is for you.

Get started

Quickstart

Spin up your first sandbox in 5 minutes.

Selecting modules

Install only what your client needs — skip blog, Easy Builder, or cherry-pick by name.

Recipes

6 bundled recipes for demo data, ES taxes, cache warmup, and more.

Sandbox lifecycle

Reset, dump, restore, and diagnose — keep your sandbox healthy.

Compatibility

ps-lando is validated against:

PrestaShop 8.2.x — via GitHub Releases zip.
PrestaShop 9.0.x — via the official CDN (expected OK; not directly tested).
PrestaShop 9.1.x — via the official CDN.

Both branches with Panda theme + Easy Builder + 56 st* modules.

See the Compatibility matrix for the full breakdown.

Why ps-lando exists

PrestaShop's docs assume you'll click through a wizard, drop zips by hand, and click "install" on each module in the back-office. That's fine for a one-off install. It is not fine when you start a new client project every couple of weeks, each with its own variant of the Panda theme.

ps-lando exists so the boring parts of that loop disappear. You drop your zips, run one command, and start working on what matters — the actual customisation for your client.