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[](https://caddyserver.com)
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[](https://gitter.im/mholt/caddy)
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[](https://godoc.org/github.com/mholt/caddy)
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[](https://travis-ci.org/mholt/caddy)
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[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/mholt/caddy)
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Caddy is a lightweight, general-purpose web server for Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD
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and [Android](https://github.com/mholt/caddy/wiki/Running-Caddy-on-Android).
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It is a capable alternative to other popular and easy to use web servers.
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([@caddyserver](https://twitter.com/caddyserver) on Twitter)
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The most notable features are HTTP/2, [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org)
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support, Virtual Hosts, TLS + SNI, and easy configuration with a
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[Caddyfile](https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile). In development, you usually
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put one Caddyfile with each site. In production, Caddy serves HTTPS by default
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and manages all cryptographic assets for you.
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[Download](https://github.com/mholt/caddy/releases) ·
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[User Guide](https://caddyserver.com/docs)
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### Menu
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- [Getting Caddy](#getting-caddy)
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- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
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- [Running from Source](#running-from-source)
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- [Contributing](#contributing)
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- [About the Project](#about-the-project)
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## Getting Caddy
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Caddy binaries have no dependencies and are available for nearly every platform.
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[Latest release](https://github.com/mholt/caddy/releases/latest)
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## Quick Start
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The website has [full documentation](https://caddyserver.com/docs) but this will
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get you started in about 30 seconds:
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Place a file named "Caddyfile" with your site. Paste this into it and save:
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```
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localhost
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gzip
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browse
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ext .html
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websocket /echo cat
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log ../access.log
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header /api Access-Control-Allow-Origin *
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```
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Run `caddy` from that directory, and it will automatically use that Caddyfile to
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configure itself.
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That simple file enables compression, allows directory browsing (for folders
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without an index file), serves clean URLs, hosts a WebSocket echo server at
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/echo, logs requests to access.log, and adds the coveted
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`Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` header for all responses from some API.
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Wow! Caddy can do a lot with just a few lines.
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#### Defining multiple sites
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You can run multiple sites from the same Caddyfile, too:
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```
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site1.com {
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# ...
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}
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site2.com, sub.site2.com {
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# ...
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}
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```
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Note that all these sites will automatically be served over HTTPS using Let's
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Encrypt as the CA. Caddy will manage the certificates (including renewals) for
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you. You don't even have to think about it.
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For more documentation, please view [the website](https://caddyserver.com/docs).
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You may also be interested in the [developer guide]
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(https://github.com/mholt/caddy/wiki) on this project's GitHub wiki.
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## Running from Source
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Note: You will need **[Go 1.6](https://golang.org/dl/)** or newer.
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1. `$ go get github.com/mholt/caddy`
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2. `cd` into your website's directory
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3. Run `caddy` (assumes `$GOPATH/bin` is in your `$PATH`)
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If you're tinkering, you can also use `go run main.go`.
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By default, Caddy serves the current directory at
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[localhost:2015](http://localhost:2015). You can place a Caddyfile to configure
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Caddy for serving your site.
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Caddy accepts some flags from the command line. Run `caddy -h` to view the help
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for flags. You can also pipe a Caddyfile into the caddy command.
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**Running as root:** We advise against this; use setcap instead, like so:
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`setcap cap_net_bind_service=+ep ./caddy` This will allow you to listen on
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ports < 1024 like 80 and 443.
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#### Docker Container
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Caddy is available as a Docker container from any of these sources:
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- [abiosoft/caddy](https://hub.docker.com/r/abiosoft/caddy/)
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- [darron/caddy](https://hub.docker.com/r/darron/caddy/)
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- [joshix/caddy](https://hub.docker.com/r/joshix/caddy/)
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- [jumanjiman/caddy](https://hub.docker.com/r/jumanjiman/caddy/)
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- [zenithar/nano-caddy](https://hub.docker.com/r/zenithar/nano-caddy/)
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#### 3rd-party dependencies
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Although Caddy's binaries are completely static, Caddy relies on some excellent
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libraries. [Godoc.org](https://godoc.org/github.com/mholt/caddy) shows the
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packages that each Caddy package imports.
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## Contributing
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**[Join our dev chat on Gitter](https://gitter.im/mholt/caddy)** to chat with
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other Caddy developers! (Dev chat only; try our
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[support room](https://gitter.im/caddyserver/support) for help or
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[general](https://gitter.im/caddyserver/general) for anything else.)
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This project would not be what it is without your help. Please see the
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[contributing guidelines](https://github.com/mholt/caddy/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
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if you haven't already.
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Thanks for making Caddy -- and the Web -- better!
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Special thanks to
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[](https://www.digitalocean.com)
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for hosting the Caddy project.
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## About the project
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Caddy was born out of the need for a "batteries-included" web server that runs
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anywhere and doesn't have to take its configuration with it. Caddy took
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inspiration from [spark](https://github.com/rif/spark),
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[nginx](https://github.com/nginx/nginx), lighttpd,
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[Websocketd](https://github.com/joewalnes/websocketd)
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and [Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com/),
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which provides a pleasant mixture of features from each of them.
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*Twitter: [@mholt6](https://twitter.com/mholt6)*
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