VirtualHostX Alternatives

VirtualHostX is described as '4.0 is the easiest way to host and share multiple websites on your Mac. It's the perfect solution for web designers working on more than one project at a time. With VirtualHostX you can easily create and manage Apache virtual hosts with just a few clicks' and is a Web Server in the online services category. There are four alternatives to VirtualHostX for Mac. The best VirtualHostX alternative is Gas Mask, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like VirtualHostX are Hosts.prefpane, Anvil and Knerve.

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VirtualHostX alternatives page was last updated Mar 12, 2019
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  1. Gas Mask icon
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    Gas Mask is simple hosts file manager for Mac OS X. It allows editing of host files and switching between them.

    14 Gas Mask alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • EE flagEstonia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Gas Mask Features

    1.  Creating combined hosts file
    2.  Automatic host source updates 5min-7days

    Gas Mask VS VirtualHostX

     
    • Gas Mask is the most popular Mac alternative to VirtualHostX.

    • Gas Mask is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to VirtualHostX.

    • Gas Mask is Free and Open SourceVirtualHostX is Paid and Proprietary
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    Hosts add a preference pane to your system preferences which lets you toggle your host file entries on and off, as well as add and remove them.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Hosts.prefpane Features

    1.  Localhost

    Hosts.prefpane VS VirtualHostX

     
  3. Anvil icon
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    Anvil takes your site folder, gives it a .dev URL and makes it run for you. Works for any static HTML sites and Rack apps.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Anvil Features

    1.  File Hosting

    Anvil VS VirtualHostX

     
  4. Knerve icon
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    A tiny menubar app for OS X that gives you dot dev domains, PHP support and HTTPS and does it without doing a thing to your system.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Knerve VS VirtualHostX

     
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