Caddy Has a Free Web Server — Automatic HTTPS with Zero Configuration

Caddy is a modern web server that automatically provisions and renews HTTPS certificates. What You Get for Free Automatic HTTPS — Let's Encrypt certificates provisioned and renewed automatically Zero config HTTPS — just specify your domain, Caddy handles the rest HTTP/3 — QUIC support out of the box Reverse proxy — load balancing, health checks, circuit breakers Static file server — with compression, range requests, caching headers API — configure Caddy dynamically via REST API Caddyfile — human-readable config format Single binary — no dependencies, runs anywhere Plugins — DNS providers, auth, rate limiting, and more Quick Start # Install sudo apt install -y caddy # Serve a site with automatic HTTPS (2 lines!) # Caddyfile: example.com { root * /var/www/html file_server } # Reverse proxy (1 line!) example.com { reverse_proxy localhost:3000 } # Start caddy run Why Developers Are Switching from Nginx Nginx requires manual certificate management (certbot cron jobs): Caddy auto-HTTPS — zer