Caddy
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Caddy is a web server like Apache, nginx, or lighttpd, but with different goals, features, and advantages.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- FreeBSD
- OpenBSD
Features
Caddy News & Activities
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Recent News
- POX published news article about CaddyWeb server Caddy 2.10 released with ECH, post-quantum key exchange, and more enhancements
Caddy, a fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP web server, has launched its latest version, 2.10,...
- POX published news article about CaddyCaddy 2.8.0 released with ARI and HTTP/3 proxy support, and several breaking changes
Caddy, an open-source web server with automatic HTTPS, has released version 2.8.0, featuring hundre...
Recent activities
- K0RR added Caddy as alternative to mini_httpd, thttpd and H2O
- K0RR added Caddy as alternative to SimpleHTTPServer and lighttpd
- zero00072 liked Caddy
- braky updated Caddy
- NewLordZeeCaptain reviewed Caddy
It is perfect if you need a lightweight and easy-to-use reverse proxy and/or web server for a small project, but if you need max performance with lowest possible latency you should replace Caddy with Nginx
What is Caddy?
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- Updated Jul 14, 2025
Comments and Reviews
It is perfect if you need a lightweight and easy-to-use reverse proxy and/or web server for a small project, but if you need max performance with lowest possible latency you should replace Caddy with Nginx
Caddy is ready to serve your site in 1 second, it has flexible configuration options, HTTPS, hot reload and lots of plugins to extend server configuration. Why should you look for something else?