9 alternatives to caddy
caddyserver/caddy — Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS (78,273 stars, Apache-2.0, infra, integration, analytics).
These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It also serves 225 licence-cleared components from caddyserver/caddy itself.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nginx/nginx | 4.9 | BSD-2-Clause | 31,964 |
| 2 | django/daphne | 4.7 | BSD-3-Clause | 2,688 |
| 3 | encode/uvicorn | 1.4 | BSD-3-Clause | 11,020 |
| 4 | sindresorhus/got | 4.6 | MIT | 14,953 |
| 5 | acl-dev/acl | 4.5 | LGPL-2.1 | 3,105 |
| 6 | boostorg/beast | 4.8 | BSL-1.0 | 4,830 |
| 7 | boazsegev/iodine | 4.6 | MIT | 989 |
| 8 | wutility/servino | 5.5 | MIT | 13 |
| 9 | yunginnanet/hellpot | 1.9 | MIT | 1,160 |
The alternatives in detail
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The official NGINX Open Source repository.score 4.9/10 · BSD-2-Clause permissive · 31,964 stars · 377 components · search them
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Django Channels HTTP/WebSocket serverscore 4.7/10 · BSD-3-Clause permissive · 2,688 stars · 12 components · search them
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An ASGI web server, for Python. 🦄score 1.4/10 · BSD-3-Clause permissive · 11,020 stars · 33 components · search them
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🌐 Human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.jsscore 4.6/10 · MIT permissive · 14,953 stars · 23 components · search them
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C/C++ server and network library, including coroutine,redis client,http/https/websocket,mqtt, mysql/postgresql/sqlite client with C/C++ for Linux, Android, iOS, MacOS, Windows, Harmony,etc..score 4.5/10 · LGPL-2.1 weak-copyleft · 3,105 stars · 3,000 components · search them
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HTTP and WebSocket built on Boost.Asio in C++11score 4.8/10 · BSL-1.0 permissive · 4,830 stars · 204 components · search them
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iodine - HTTP / WebSockets Server for Ruby with Pub/Sub supportscore 4.6/10 · MIT permissive · 989 stars · 29 components · search them
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👨💻 📦 👨💻📦 An ultra-fast and easy-to-use HTTP server that requires zero configuration. It features seamless hot reload capabilities, allowing you to see your changes instantly without manual refreshes. ⚡️score 5.5/10 · MIT permissive · 13 stars · 6 components · search them
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HellPot is a cross-platform portal to endless suffering meant to punish unruly HTTP bots.score 1.9/10 · MIT permissive · 1,160 stars · 13 components · search them
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