# Laravel Herd 1.26.1 — Version 1.26.1

- Product: Laravel Herd (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/laravel-herd)
- Vendor: Beyond Code
- Date: 2026-02-18
- Version: 1.26.1
- Original notes: https://herd.laravel.com/api/versions
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/laravel-herd/releases/1.26.1
- Labels: Platforms: macOS

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- **added** — Add Svelte as a starter kit option in the site creation wizard
- **fixed** — Fix an issue where herd share didn't respect the expose.yml configuration file
- **fixed** — Fix an issue where installed Node.js versions were not sorted by major version
- **changed** — Update the built-in Laravel Installer to v5.24.6

New features
- Added Svelte as a starter kit option in the site creation wizard
Fixes and Improvements
- Fixed an issue where herd share didn't respect the expose.yml configuration file
- Fixed an issue where installed Node.js versions were not sorted by major version
- Updated the built-in Laravel Installer to v5.24.6