Caddy
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.
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WikipediaπΈ Pricing
Caddy is available for free.
π Rankings and Market Share
- Web Servers
- Rank: 7
- Market share: 0.6%
- Load Balancers
- Rank: n/a
- Market share: 5.8%
π Caddy Awards
- β 4th most popular in Germany in the Web Servers category.
- β 5th most popular in Austria in the Web Servers category.
- β 5th most popular in Romania in the Web Servers category.
- β 5th most popular in Belgium in the Web Servers category.
- β 5th most popular in Bulgaria in the Web Servers category.
- β 5th most popular in Israel in the Web Servers category.
- β 6th most popular in Sweden in the Web Servers category.
- β 6th most popular in the Netherlands in the Web Servers category.
- β 6th most popular in France in the Web Servers category.
- β 6th most popular in Poland in the Web Servers category.
β‘ Sites Using Caddy
We have data on 14,585 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.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #1,610 | Spain | Spanish | |
| 2 | #2,428 | Netherlands | English | |
| 3 | #2,756 | Belgium | Dutch | |
| 4 | #2,826 | Switzerland | French | |
| 5 | #3,189 | Germany | German | |
| 6 | #3,460 | United States | ||
| 7 | #7,592 | Netherlands | English | |
| 8 | #8,881 | Spain | Spanish | |
| 9 | #9,285 | Indonesia | English | |
| 10 | #9,455 | Spain | Catalan | |
| 11 | #11,145 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 12 | #11,866 | France | French | |
| 13 | #12,674 | Spain | English | |
| 14 | #12,902 | Finland | English | |
| 15 | #13,052 | English | ||
| 16 | #13,289 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 17 | #13,740 | United States | American English | |
| 18 | #14,345 | United Kingdom | British English | |
| 19 | #14,456 | Germany | German | |
| 20 | #15,402 | Spain | Spanish |
π Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Caddy:
- are located in Germany
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using Caddy are from Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
- Germany 24.9%
- United States 16.5%
- United Kingdom 5.1%
- Sweden 4.8%
- Netherlands 4.7%
- France 4%
- Russia 2.2%
- Austria 2.2%
- Spain 2.1%
- Other 33.5%
Most Caddy users speak English or German.
- English 65.3%
- German 13.5%
- French 2.9%
- Swedish 2.4%
- Dutch 2.3%
- Spanish 1.7%
- Russian 1.7%
- Romanian 1.4%
- Polish 1.1%
- Other 7.7%
The Caddy web server is especially popular on .com, .de, and .org top-level domains.
- .com 36.2%
- .de 15.7%
- .org 6.1%
- .net 3.4%
- .se 3.1%
- .nl 2.1%
- .fr 2%
- .co.uk 1.9%
- .at 1.3%
- Other 28.2%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Caddy include business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising.
- Business 13.8%
- Online Shopping 9.1%
- Marketing/Merchandising 8.7%
- Blogs/Wiki 7.6%
- Internet Services 5.6%
- Entertainment 5.5%
- Education/Reference 5.4%
- Travel 4.7%
- Sports 3.2%
- Other 36.4%
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π¬ Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Caddy from?
Caddy is from 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,
kuleuven.be, and
rts.ch.
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 13 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 33 other web servers we track.
ποΈ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,814,833 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.