Traditionally, Local has made use of a piece of software called VirtualBox to help it manage the actual WordPress sites. When things worked, this was a great solution! Unfortunately, if things did break, they broke in obscure and difficult to fix ways.
To overcome these limitations, the Local Team created a new version of Local, “Local Lightning,” which doesn’t rely on VirtualBox. While rewriting the application was definitely a challenge, the payoff has been a new version of Local that is faster and more reliable!
Discussion
FYI
WordPressの構築、運用って辛いですよね。。。
この方法でWordPressを管理するとテーマファイルのバージョン管理でき、環境ごとの設定差異を吸収できて運用が楽になると思います。
Localは2019年にLocal Lightningという名前でアップデートを行い、VirtualBoxを使わなくなっているようです