Caddy
Caddy is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Web Servers & Reverse Proxies category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in Go. It is a self-hosted alternative to Netlify and ships a Docker image. It has 78,419 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 24, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 78,419
- Forks
- 5,180
- Open issues
- 204
- Commits, last 12 months
- 404
- Last commit
- Oct 24, 2026
- Latest release
- v2.11.7Oct 3, 2026
- Created
- Jan 13, 2015
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 24, 2026, 404 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases6 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 24, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 404 |
| Latest release | v2.11.7 (Oct 3, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 6 |
| Releases, all time | 138 |
| Open issues | 204 |
| Open pull requests | 90 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jan 13, 2015 |
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About Caddy
Powerful, enterprise-ready, open source web server with automatic HTTPS.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/caddyserver/caddy.
Topics
- go
- web-server
- caddyfile
- http
- http-server
- reverse-proxy
- https
- tls
- automatic-https
- privacy
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Is Caddy free and open source?
Yes. Caddy is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Caddy with Docker?
Yes. Caddy provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. Our step-by-step deploy guide covers the Compose file, HTTPS and backups.
What are the best alternatives to Caddy?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Caddy include Traefik, Nginx Proxy Manager and NGINX. Caddy itself is a self-hosted alternative to Netlify.
Is Caddy actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Caddy was on Oct 24, 2026 with 404 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v2.11.7, published Oct 3, 2026. It had 204 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.