# Varnish Cache

Open-source HTTP accelerator and reverse caching proxy that serves cached responses from memory in front of an origin server.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/varnish/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Listed since: 2026-10-30

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.varnish.org/
- repository: https://github.com/varnish/varnish
- docs: https://www.varnish.org/docs/
- pricing: https://www.varnish-software.com/pricing/
- x: https://x.com/varnishcache
- discord: https://discord.com/invite/EuwdvbZR6d

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Varnish Software AB
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: SE

### Kind

- category: web-server
- hosting: binary
- language: c
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: vinyl-cache

### 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: docker image

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: BSD-2-Clause

### Releases

- currentMajor: 9
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-23

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 81
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 105
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.varnish.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/varnish/varnish (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://www.varnish.org/docs/ (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://www.varnish-software.com/contact-us/ (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainerType: https://www.varnish-software.com/contact-us/ (read 2026-10-30)
- hqCountry: https://www.varnish-software.com/contact-us/ (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://www.varnish.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- basedOn: https://www.varnish.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/varnish/varnish/languages (read 2026-10-30)
- runtime: https://www.varnish.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- runsAs: https://www.varnish.org/docs/install-guide/install-debian-ubuntu/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://www.varnish.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://www.varnish.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://www.varnish.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://www.varnish.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://www.varnish.org/releases/ (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/varnish/varnish/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-30)
- licenseModel: https://www.varnish.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://www.varnish-software.com/pricing/ (read 2026-10-30)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/varnish/varnish/releases/latest (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://www.varnish.org/releases/ (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/varnish/varnish (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/varnish/varnish/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

Varnish Cache is an HTTP accelerator that sits between clients and an origin server. It answers from memory when it holds a cached response and forwards other requests to the origin, and it has native TLS support.

The project describes itself as a distribution of the Vinyl Cache project, with extra modules and tooling layered on top, and the repository's LICENSE file now names the Vinyl Cache Project. The [install guide](https://www.varnish.org/docs/install-guide/install-debian-ubuntu/) covers Debian and Ubuntu packages, and the homepage also names RPM packages, a Docker image and a Helm chart for Kubernetes. Varnish Software AB, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, maintains the distribution.

## Worth knowing

On package installs the varnishd process is managed by systemd, so it runs as a long-lived service.

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