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