Abyss Web Server for Mac

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.

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!

@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...

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?

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!).