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Apache HTTP Server vs Caddy: catalog facts
Apache HTTP Server	Caddy
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free and open source under Apache 2.0.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Huge module ecosystem and decades of documented configuration Per-directory .htaccess overrides suit shared hosting	Automatic HTTPS by default, including a managed local CA for internal names and IPs A working reverse proxy with TLS takes two lines of configuration
Higher memory use per connection than event-driven servers Default configurations are spread across many files and vary by distribution	Fewer third-party modules and less documentation than nginx Adding modules means rebuilding the binary with xcaddy
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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