Add connection to Kinsta

Feature requests Connect Hosts
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Hi,

In latest update (5.2.1) you guys added support for connecting to WP Engine. That is awesome!

Can you please add connection to Kinsta as well?

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I second the request for Kinsta. It would be much appreciated by me and my team

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Connection to Kinsta would be Awesome!

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Yes, please to Kinsta. I have more and more clients using Kinsta and I do not like DevKinsta at all. I’d much rather use Local.

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Any chance this could happen?

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I created an account just to upvote this! Pretty please? :slight_smile:

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+1 :rocket: for Kinsta support! :zap:

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+1 for Kinsta as well! Created an account just for this!

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+1 for Kinsta

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+1 :rocket: for Kinsta support! :zap:

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After trying Kinsta’s own DevKinsta Flywhell-like tool/app, and failing to make it work, I turned to Local by Flywheel, and - it would be so nice if the connection to Kinsta would be added.
So +1 for Kinsta support.

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I would like to Kinsta to

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I also created an account just to vote +1 for Kinsta, please!

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Kinsta now has DevKinsta. Is this still suggestion still relevant?

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I would say it is still very relevant. Local moved away from docker base to a much nimbler and less weighty setup. In terms of server speed and setup speed it is way way way ahead of DevKinsta. …So… Kinsta connection would be very welcome.

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I agree, I would very much like a connector to Kinsta. DevKinsta software is not great and it is really difficult to even get it working. Being able to use Local instead of DevKinsta would be a life saver.

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+1 Would love to see this

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Hi @AndreasAptum and all! Cross posting this here from a recent similar thread just as an FYI :green_heart:

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Hi all!

I wanted this badly enough that I ended up building it myself — a free, open-source add-on that syncs sites between Local and Kinsta:

What it does:

  • Pull and push files + database between Local and Kinsta (Production or Staging)
  • Automatic URL search-replace (https/http/protocol-relative, multisite-aware, skips guid)
  • Safety nets everywhere: local + remote DB backups before every destructive step, an optional native Kinsta backup before push (on by default), and automatic rollback if a sync fails or is cancelled mid-import
  • Live progress, cancellable syncs, and it clears Kinsta’s page/edge/CDN caches after a push
  • Your Kinsta API key is encrypted at rest (Electron safeStorage) and never leaves your machine except to api.kinsta.com; transfers run over SSH with your own keys

Install: grab the .tgz from the latest release and use Add-ons → Install from disk in Local. macOS/Linux only (it shells out to rsync/ssh). You’ll need a Kinsta API key and your SSH key added in MyKinsta.

Fun fact: I built the whole thing with Claude Code — including digging through Local’s add-on API to find the most native way to integrate (spoiler: the Connect tab is hardcoded to WP Engine/Flywheel, so this lives as its own page under the site’s More menu, which is the documented pattern for third-party integrations).

It’s a community project — not affiliated with Kinsta or WP Engine. Issues and PRs welcome on GitHub. Would love feedback if anyone tries it!

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Thank you for sharing this @digiwise!