Caddy

Vienna, Austria

Caddy is an open-source multi-platform web server written in Go with built-in support for automatic HTTPS and modern web protocols.

It supports automatic TLS management with providers such as Let's Encrypt and ZeroSSL, includes a built-in reverse proxy with load balancing, offers configuration through the human-readable Caddyfile or a JSON-based REST API, and features a modular architecture that can be extended with plugins.

According to our data, Caddy is the 7th most popular web server on the web.
It has 0.6% of the web server market share and is detected on 0.4% of all websites.

πŸ’Έ Pricing

Caddy is available for free.

Free βœ”οΈOpen source

πŸ“Š Rankings and Market Share

πŸ† Caddy Awards

⚑ Sites Using Caddy

We have data on 13,689 websites that use the Caddy web server. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Caddy is eldiario.es.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 eldiario.es #1,610 Spain Spanish
2 dreamstime.com #2,015 United States English
3 x*x.com #2,428 Netherlands English
4 kuleuven.be #2,756 Belgium Dutch
5 rts.ch #2,826 Switzerland French
6 dragontranslation.net #3,460 United States
7 mql5.com #6,138 United States English
8 gamcore.com #6,398 Germany English
9 xvideos.net #7,592 Netherlands English
10 creator-spring.com #8,809 United States English
11 technical.city #9,602 Germany English
12 p**nwex.tv #9,973 Netherlands English
13 mangap**no.net #10,369 United States
14 term.ooo #11,145 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
15 next.ink #11,866 France French
16 armoniaaplicada.com #12,674 France English
17 rclone.org #12,902 Finland English
18 uploadvr.com #13,052 English
19 asmonaco.com #13,329 Monaco French
20 badische-zeitung.de #14,456 Germany German

πŸ“ˆ Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Caddy:

Most of the sites using Caddy are from Germany and the United States.

  • Germany 22.7%
  • United States 18.3%
  • Netherlands 4.8%
  • France 4.8%
  • United Kingdom 4.7%
  • Sweden 3.7%
  • Spain 2.4%
  • Russia 2.4%
  • Belgium 2.3%
  • Other 33.9%

Most Caddy users speak English or German.

  • English 73.8%
  • German 8.6%
  • French 2.6%
  • Dutch 2.2%
  • Swedish 1.5%
  • Russian 1.5%
  • Spanish 1.4%
  • Romanian 1.3%
  • Polish 0.8%
  • Other 6.3%

The Caddy web server is especially popular on .com, .de, and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 40.8%
  • .de 12.4%
  • .org 7.2%
  • .net 4.1%
  • .se 2.1%
  • .nl 1.9%
  • .fr 1.9%
  • .co.uk 1.7%
  • .ru 1.2%
  • Other 26.7%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Caddy include business, marketing and merchandising, and blogs and wiki.

  • Business 12.9%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 8.5%
  • Blogs/Wiki 8.5%
  • Online Shopping 8.4%
  • Entertainment 6.4%
  • Internet Services 6%
  • Education/Reference 5%
  • Travel 4.5%
  • Sports 3.1%
  • Other 36.7%

πŸ•΅οΈ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Caddy alternatives.

RankName
1
Nginx
Seattle, Washington, United States

A lightweight, high-performance open-source HTTP server and reverse proxy.

FreeOpen source$3,500+/year
2
Apache
Wilmington, Delaware, United States

A cross-platform open-source web server that has been available since 1995.

FreeOpen source
5
OpenResty
Millbrae, California, United States

An Nginx distribution that bundles the LuaJIT interpreter to run Lua scripts directly inside the web server.

FreeOpen source
6
Tomcat
Wilmington, Delaware, United States

An open-source Java application server that implements Java Servlet and Jakarta Server Pages specifications.

FreeOpen source
9
Tengine
Hangzhou, China

An open-source web server based on Nginx and developed by the Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba.

FreeOpen source

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πŸ’¬ Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Caddy's headquarters?

Caddy is located in Vienna, Austria.

Can I use Caddy for free?

Yes, it is a free web server.
It is also an open source solution and its code can be found on GitHub.

Which country uses Caddy the most?

The majority of Caddy users are from Germany.

Who uses Caddy?

According to our data, Caddy is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as eldiario.es, dreamstime.com, and kuleuven.be.

Is Caddy used on government websites?

Overall, we found Caddy on 2 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Caddy?

Yes. In total, we know of 7 academic websites in the United States that use Caddy.

How does Caddy stack up against the competition?

Caddy is a fairly popular web server, ranking ahead of 34 other web servers we track.

What are the alternatives to Caddy?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Caddy may include Nginx, Apache, and OpenResty.

πŸ‘‰ See Also

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For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.