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<a href="https://caddyserver.com"><img src="https://caddyserver.com/resources/images/caddy-lower.png" alt="Caddy" width="350"></a>
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[](https://forum.caddyserver.com) [](https://twitter.com/caddyserver) [](https://godoc.org/github.com/mholt/caddy) [](https://travis-ci.org/mholt/caddy) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/mholt/caddy)
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Caddy is a general-purpose web server for Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, and
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[Android](https://github.com/mholt/caddy/wiki/Running-Caddy-on-Android). It is
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a capable but easier alternative to other popular web servers.
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[Releases](https://github.com/mholt/caddy/releases) ·
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[User Guide](https://caddyserver.com/docs) ·
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[Community](https://forum.caddyserver.com)
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## Menu
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- [Features](#features)
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- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
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- [Running from Source](#running-from-source)
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- [Running in Production](#running-in-production)
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- [Contributing](#contributing)
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- [About the Project](#about-the-project)
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## Features
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- **Easy configuration** with Caddyfile
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- **Automatic HTTPS** via [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org); Caddy
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obtains and manages all cryptographic assets for you
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- **HTTP/2** enabled by default (powered by Go standard library)
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- **Virtual hosting** for hundreds of sites per server instance, including TLS
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SNI
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- Experimental **QUIC support** for those that like speed
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- TLS session ticket **key rotation** for more secure connections
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- **Brilliant extensibility** so Caddy can be customized for your needs
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- **Runs anywhere** with **no external dependencies** (not even libc)
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## Quick Start
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Caddy binaries have no dependencies and are available for every platform.
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Install Caddy any one of these ways:
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- **[Download page](https://caddyserver.com/download)** allows you to
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customize your build in the browser
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- **[Latest release](https://github.com/mholt/caddy/releases/latest)** for
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pre-built binaries
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- **curl [getcaddy.com](https://getcaddy.com)** for auto install:
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`curl https://getcaddy.com | bash`
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Once `caddy` is in your PATH, you can `cd` to your website's folder and run
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`caddy` to serve it. By default, Caddy serves the current directory at
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[localhost:2015](http://localhost:2015).
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To customize how your site is served, create a file named Caddyfile by your
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site and paste this into it:
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```plain
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localhost
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gzip
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browse
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websocket /echo cat
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ext .html
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log /var/log/access.log
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proxy /api 127.0.0.1:7005
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header /api Access-Control-Allow-Origin *
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```
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When you run `caddy` in that directory, it will automatically find and use
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that Caddyfile to configure itself.
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This simple file enables compression, allows directory browsing (for folders
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without an index file), hosts a WebSocket echo server at /echo, serves clean
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URLs, logs requests to access.log, proxies all API requests to a backend on
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port 7005, and adds the coveted `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` header for
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all responses from the API.
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Wow! Caddy can do a lot with just a few lines.
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To host multiple sites and do more with the Caddyfile, please see the
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[Caddyfile documentation](https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile).
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Note that production sites are served over
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[HTTPS by default](https://caddyserver.com/docs/automatic-https).
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Caddy has a command line interface. Run `caddy -h` to view basic help or see
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the [CLI documentation](https://caddyserver.com/docs/cli) for details.
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**Running as root:** We advise against this. You can still listen on ports
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< 1024 using setcap like so: `sudo setcap cap_net_bind_service=+ep ./caddy`
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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/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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Caddy's `main()` is in the caddy subfolder. To recompile Caddy, use
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`build.bash` found in that folder.
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## Running in Production
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The Caddy project does not officially maintain any system-specific
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integrations, but your download file includes
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[unofficial resources](https://github.com/mholt/caddy/tree/master/dist/init)
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contributed by the community that you may find helpful for running Caddy in
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production.
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How you choose to run Caddy is up to you. Many users are satisfied with
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`nohup caddy &`. Others use `screen`. Users who need Caddy to come back up
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after reboots either do so in the script that caused the reboot, add a command
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to an init script, or configure a service with their OS.
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## Contributing
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**[Join our community](https://forum.caddyserver.com) where you can chat with
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other Caddy users and developers!**
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Please see our [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/mholt/caddy/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
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and check out the [developer wiki](https://github.com/mholt/caddy/wiki).
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We use GitHub issues and pull requests only for discussing bug reports and
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the development of specific changes. We welcome all other topics on the
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[forum](https://forum.caddyserver.com)!
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If you want to contribute to the documentation, please submit pull requests to [caddyserver/caddyserver.com](https://github.com/caddyserver/caddyserver.com).
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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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**The name "Caddy":** The name of the software is "Caddy", not "Caddy Server"
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or "CaddyServer". Please call it "Caddy" or, if you wish to clarify, "the
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Caddy web server". See [brand guidelines](https://caddyserver.com/brand).
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*Author on Twitter: [@mholt6](https://twitter.com/mholt6)*
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