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Abyss Web Server for Mac

Free personal Web server.

$59.95
In English
Version 2.16.4
4.8
Based on 9 user rates

Abyss Web Server overview

Abyss Web Server X1 is a free personal Web server. Despite its small footprint, it supports secure SSL connections (HTTPS), download resuming, caching negotiation, logging, CGI/FastCGI, ISAPI extensions, Server Side Includes (SSI), custom error pages, password protection, URL rewriting, IP address control, aliases, custom MIME types, index files, custom directory listings, anti-leeching, and bandwidth throttling. It features also an automatic anti-hacking system and an intuitive multilingual remote Web management interface.

With Abyss Web Server X1, hosting your site and your PHP, Perl, Python, or Ruby on Rails Web applications is a matter of a few minutes.

A Professional X2 revision is available for $59.95

What’s new in version 2.16.4

  • Updated the SSL/TLS engine;
  • Added fine tuning parameters to reverse proxy rules (Preserve "Host" header and connection timeout);
  • Added network interface listing in Bind IP parameters in the console;
  • Fixed a bug related to REQUEST_FILENAME CGI variable handling;
  • Updated the user's guide with documentation of the newly added features.

Abyss Web Server for Mac

$59.95
In English
Version 2.16.4
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4.8

(23 Reviews of Abyss Web Server)

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Just-Fred
Just-Fred
Mar 22 2023
2.16.4
5.0
Mar 22 2023
5.0
Version: 2.16.4
I'm not sure the algorithm MacUpdate uses to detect new versions, but Abyss Web Server v2.16.4 has been available since June, 2022.
Just-Fred
Just-Fred
Mar 5 2021
2.14
5.0
Mar 5 2021
5.0
Version: 2.14
I have been using the Abyss Web Server for years (since its version 1 release) on both Windows and Mac computers. Despite the Mac having a built-in Apache, I find Abyss easier to configure and run than Apple's own. Under Windows, there's not even a comparison; Abyss just works. I run it in a small office, and I've added a perl-based calendar, and upload and download feature (with indexing) and more. Two thumbs up for Aprellium!
Teksestro
Teksestro
Jan 21 2018
2.9.3.6
0.0
Jan 21 2018
0.0
Version: 2.9.3.6
@MacUpdate Admins: the latest version of this software is 2.11.8, released in Dec. 2017. Listing the last release date being in 2014 may make it seem like this is abandon-ware, which it definitely isn't...
MacFluent
MacFluent
Mar 27 2014
2.9
5.0
Mar 27 2014
5.0
Version: 2.9
I've now used Abyss for around a decade for commercial web hosting on multiple servers and it has probably been the most stable and near bug free piece of software that I have ever used. I can only recall one crash (it actually may have been the fault of the OS) and only one difficult to pin down bug (involved PHP). And now, with the latest version they have added the one essential feature that I have needed - log rotation. All the major features are now there. Abyss is fast, hyper-stable, very low memory and CPU usage, and feature rich and their email support is nearly impeccable. You forget it is there as you only need to access it for adding new virtual hosts. It's also nice to do most of the features of .htaccess files right there in the admin console rather than in hiddn files scattered all over the machine! While the web browser admin interface works well and it easy to figure out (with the ever-present contextual help button), I would like to see some changes in just the look and feel and the ability to do bulk changes. Since it is easy to change the XML config file, I just wrote my own simple admin program in the database Panorama and do bulk changes to hundreds of web sites in just a few seconds. My major wish now is for Aprelium to create a FTP server. Hmmm, it would also be nice to see a very minimalistic CMS. Please?
Just-Fred
Just-Fred
Jun 20 2013
2.9
5.0
Jun 20 2013
5.0
Version: 2.9
Like others, I've been using the Abyss web server on a variety of platforms, and simply put: It.Just.Works. My needs are simple: I typically need an intranet web server, and I don't need one that runs around the clock. Of course, when I have needed to run it around the clock, it.just.works. The Linux version is as robust and as stable as the Mac and Windows versions, and it installs as a Linux "service" flawlessly. I know that Aprelium offers a for-pay version, and if my needs were such, I'd willingly pay for it. As it is, the free version is more than excellent, and imagine my surprise when I saw that the company had updated it! I don't know that I need the update, but I'm going to install it. It probably won't (or can't) work any better, but it's nice to be on the current release. Nice job, Aprelium. Your efforts are greatly appreciated! (To Macupdate: The star ratings for some reason won't let me make the "Value" five stars. It is, in my opinion!).
sm7hgy
sm7hgy
May 27 2020
5.0
May 27 2020
5.0
Version: null
MacFluent
MacFluent
Mar 27 2014
5.0
Mar 27 2014
5.0
Version: null
Just-Fred
Just-Fred
Jun 20 2013
5.0
Jun 20 2013
5.0
Version: null
DoctorFix
DoctorFix
Jan 22 2012
4.5
Jan 22 2012
4.5
Version: null
Cowicide
Cowicide
Aug 21 2011
4.5
Aug 21 2011
4.5
Version: null
Cenocre
Cenocre
Oct 11 2008
5.0
Oct 11 2008
5.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Jul 11 2005
4.0
Jul 11 2005
4.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Mar 11 2005
5.0
Mar 11 2005
5.0
Version: null
vincentwei1024
vincentwei1024
Jan 11 2030
2.14
5.0
Jan 11 2030
5.0
Version: 2.14