Caddy
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Caddy is a general-purpose server platform best known as an HTTPS web server. It is aimed at developers and operators who want secure defaults, simple configuration, and a highly extensible runtime...
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Features
- Easy Caddyfile configuration
- Native JSON configuration
- Dynamic configuration via JSON API
- Config adapters
- Automatic HTTPS by default
- Local CA for internal names and IPs
- HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3 support
- Modular architecture
- Plugin system
- Runs with no external dependencies
Details
- Last Updated
- Nov 9, 2026
- Created
- Jan 13, 2015
- Install Methods
- binarysource
- Requirements
- Go 1.25.0 or newer
- API
- REST
- Runtime / Stack
- GodebDocker
- Privacy & Independence
- Cloud: OptionalOffline Capable
- Deployment
Deployment: no container deployment found
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