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

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