# Caddy

Web server written in Go that obtains and renews TLS certificates automatically, configured with a Caddyfile or a JSON API.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/caddy/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://caddyserver.com
- repository: https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy
- docs: https://caddyserver.com/docs/
- plugins: https://caddyserver.com/docs/modules
- x: https://twitter.com/caddyserver
- forum: https://caddy.community

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: ZeroSSL
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: web-server
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: debian-ubuntu-packages, docker-image, homebrew, freebsd-port, build-from-source-go-or-xcaddy, binary-download

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-03

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 78141
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 11777
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://caddyserver.com/ (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://caddyserver.com/docs/ (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://caddyserver.com/ (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainerType: https://caddyserver.com/ (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://caddyserver.com/ (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://caddyserver.com/docs/install (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://endoflife.date/api/caddy.json (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/releases/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy (read 2026-10-19)
- licenseModel: https://caddyserver.com/ (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://caddyserver.com/docs/install (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://caddyserver.com/docs/modules (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/caddyserver/caddy (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://caddyserver.com/docs/getting-started (read 2026-10-19)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Caddy is a web server written in Go that is configured either with a Caddyfile, a plain-text format, or with JSON sent to its API. It obtains and renews TLS certificates for the sites it serves on its own, so a site behind Caddy needs no separate certificate tool to stay on HTTPS. Extensions are called modules, and the docs site keeps a directory of them.

## Worth knowing

The homepage says Caddy is free software that relies on sponsorships to survive.

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