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Loader.io is a simple cloud-based load testing service

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

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Based on our record, Loader.io seems to be more popular. It has been mentioned 22 times since March 2021.
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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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As answered by people managing Loader.io and CreateFiles+.
CreateFiles+'s answer:
Xcode and Swift
CreateFiles+'s answer:
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.
CreateFiles+'s answer:
I am not familiar with any competitors doing this today.
CreateFiles+'s answer:
Power Users, Developers, Productivity focused users, students, teachers, creators.
CreateFiles+'s answer:
Its brand new so that is yet to be determined.
CreateFiles+'s answer:
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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I wanted to see how many requests can this server handle, so I have used loader.io and run10k requests for 15 seconds. But it seems 20% percent of request fail due to timeout, and the response time keep increasing. Source: over 3 years ago
I ran on the same hardware 5k current get requests through https://loader.io/ tool to the server with each db. Source: over 3 years ago
Loader.io — Free load testing tools with limitations. - Source: dev.to / almost 4 years ago
Tracking CreateFiles+ since Jun 2026.
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