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All the other comments that are here now list alternatives. Has anyone compared these and can share some insights on pros and cons of are these pretty much equivalent?

Local WordPress development sounds like something I might want or need, but have not looked into yet. It would be great to hear what's out there, what's good, and what one should look out for.

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Another alternative is wp-env, which is a small node wrapper over Docker. It’s meant to be very straightforward to use, though less powerful than other tools. It’s used for a lot of core editor development. You basically just have a JSON file pointing at whatever local source code you’re developing (or alternative options you need), wp-env start, and you’re good to go.

I’ve done a lot of development on the project, and it could always use more contributors: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/e...

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