Caddy Web Server

Comments recommend Caddy as a simple alternative to nginx and other web servers, highlighting its automatic HTTPS via Let's Encrypt, ease of configuration, and reverse proxy capabilities.

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Sample Comments

mholt Aug 24, 2022 View on HN

What's keeping you from using Caddy exclusively?

imran-iq Oct 19, 2023 View on HN

Or you could use caddy from the get go

diakritikal Mar 31, 2016 View on HN

Just using caddy server seems a lot simpler...

wibblewobble125 Jul 29, 2024 View on HN

I’ve been using caddy for a year which does everything for you. Basically nginx/haproxy but with https built-in via LE, no fiddling about with cert files and brittle LE scripts, also supports subdomains equally easily.

artooro Oct 9, 2024 View on HN

Already doing this kind of stuff with Caddy. Unclear why this would be any better.

coldcode Jan 7, 2018 View on HN

Isn't Caddy written in Go? How is this different?

avip Jan 18, 2020 View on HN

Caddy is brilliant for this task.

jwcrux Sep 29, 2016 View on HN

Why would I want to use this over something like Caddy?

geostyx Mar 9, 2016 View on HN

Caddy is working really well for me. Way easier than nginx to setup, and TLS is on by default.

francislavoie Apr 12, 2021 View on HN

That's exactly what Caddy does! https://caddyserver.com