DenwerX

Set of scripts that allows you to enjoy so called "virtual hosts" or "named hosts" without installing any additional software.

• uses standard Apache and PHP5 which is installed in every OSX by default (so it won't install you another one, like most of the similar solutions does)
• doesn't modify standard Apache installation or config files, it just transparently works on top of it
• allows you to use named hosts, so instead of http://localhost/my-project/www/index.html you can simply use http://my-project/ (I recomend you to create such hosts with ".loc" postfix to avoid possible confusion)
• minimal possible installation, no installers, no dmg's, you just manually copy files wherever you need and it just lives there
• elegant (MacOS way) of starting and stopping it, using AppleScript
• distribution doesn't include MySQL, so do it yourself if you need it

Installation

• download and install Node.js if you don't have it yet
• download ZIP archive
• extract it into some directory (for example into ~/Sites/)
• open terminal and go into ~/Sites/etc/ (in case if you extracted it in ~/Sites/)
• type node denwerxctl.js install and follow the installation process
• type sudo visudo, enter your root password and add %staff ALL=NOPASSWD:~/Sites/etc/runner.sh at the end of the file (this will let you to run Apache under root, while not being root)
• open /Applications/Utilities/AppleScriptEditor.app go into Preferences..., check Show Script menu in menu bar and uncheck Show Computer scripts.
• start DenwerX by clicking on start_servers menu item in the Script menu (will appear in the menu bar)
• open your favorite web - browser and type http://localhost/