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Caddy vs Nginx Proxy Manager: catalog facts
Caddy	Nginx Proxy Manager
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	Web, 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	Certificates are requested and renewed without touching a config file Access lists put authentication in front of services that have none
Fewer third-party modules and less documentation than nginx Adding modules means rebuilding the binary with xcaddy	Advanced Nginx configuration has to go into a custom snippet box Ships as a Docker image; there is no packaged install
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
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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