Set up an automatic https server
Caddy is an extensible web server written in Go that provides automatic HTTPS certificate management. It simplifies website setup and security by supporting HTTP/1, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3 protocols.
Updates
- October 5, 2026: Stars 76,782 → 76,784, latest release v2.11.7 (October 3, 2026).
What you get
- Provides automatic HTTPS certificate management by default
- Supports HTTP/1, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3 protocols
- Runs anywhere without external dependencies
Running it
git clone "https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy.git"
cd caddy/cmd/caddy/
go buildIf you don't write code
I want to compile and test the extensible web server named Caddy from its source code. After cloning the project and navigating to the directory, I can run the build command and verify the modules with test commands.
Repository: https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy. Follow the official instructions in the README of this repository for setup and execution.
Before starting, check which OS we are on and if the necessary tools (e.g., Python, Node.js, Git, Docker) are installed. Install any missing ones step-by-step according to this system.
Create a new, empty folder to work in. Do not touch any files outside this folder and do not delete anything. Tell me what you are going to do in one sentence before running each command.
Tell me what I should see on the screen at the end of each step. If an error occurs, I will paste the error message to you exactly as it is, and we will fix it together.
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TreScout did not build this tool · we found it in GitHub trends and wrote it up. This page describes the repository as of 2026-10-05: The star count and our text belong to that day, the repository may have changed since. Check the repository link for the current state. The introductory text was prepared with AI from the repository's own documentation, and this page was machine-translated from the Turkish original · the Turkish version prevails.