Bon jour @jlch – Welcome to the Local Community!
I think this is possible – I’d love to hear if it works for you. The main reason that Local requires admin privileges is when starting site in “Site Domain” Router mode. This is because Local needs admin access to the Hosts file in order to register the site domain with the computer.
In theory, if you set “Router Mode” to localhost in “Preferences > Advanced”, then Local won’t need to update the hosts file, and users should be able to create sites that listen on various ports, one for each site.
The main limitations for running a site in localhost router mode are:
- No HTTPS for the site
- No “pretty domain” – for example, the site domain would be something like
localhost:10010as opposed tomysite.local - Live Links won’t work
More details on the “Router Mode” setting can be found in this help doc:
Take a look at that and let me know how if that works for your use case. If you have any questions, just let me know!