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LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS) is a high-performance Apache drop-in replacement.

Create blank files, custom file types, templates, whole batches, and reusable folder setups exactly where you are working on macOS.

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| Company | — | Startup from the United States · 1 - 9 employees · 2026 |
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CreateFiles+ adds the file creation workflow macOS should have had all along. Create a new file exactly where you are working, without opening TextEdit, saving-as, using Terminal, or dragging template files around. Use Finder right-click menus where macOS allows them, or fall back to the Finder...
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Xcode and Swift
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macOS should have created this feature out of the box but does not exist. Windows users have had this feature for over a decade. I created this to remove that gap for macOS users.
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I am not familiar with any competitors doing this today.
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Power Users, Developers, Productivity focused users, students, teachers, creators.
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Its brand new so that is yet to be determined.
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I have struggled with not having this capability in Finder for years and decided I would fix the problem for me and then see if other users would want the same solution.
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LiteSpeed Web Server, abbreviated as LSWS, is almost a newcomer to the webserver ‘scene’. It has gained a huge, perhaps even cult-like following in the last few years among web hosting companies due to its efficiency....
LiteSpeed comes in two versions: a free one known as OpenLiteSpeed and a paid enterprise version with extended functionality.
Brief info: LiteSpeed is a commercial web server designed specifically for large websites. One of LiteSpeed’s advantages is that it can read Apache configurations directly which makes it easy to integrate with...
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