[doteka]

Caddy is the best. I use it as the static file server and reverse proxy for several side projects running in docker-compose.

What I like most about it is how little config you need for reasonable defaults that would require 300 lines of nginx boilerplate.

If I could wish for one thing though, I’d really like the functionality to get let’s encrypt certs while being proxied through cloudflare to be built in. Right now it requires building a custom caddy with a plug-in, which is a lot of hassle for such a vanilla setup.

[mholt]

Thanks for your feedback. We try to avoid tight integration with specific, third-party providers as much as possible to keep Caddy light and flexible. Cloudflare is popular, but is also not a majority use case for Caddy users, in our experience. The Cloudflare plugin has only 16,000 downloads (and Route53 has 10,000)... out of over a million custom builds (not to mention 100M+ Docker pulls, or other ways of installing Caddy). So it's not enough of a standout to merit inclusion by default.

[doteka]

Thanks for the reply, mholt!

I would have expected way higher numbers there, but going by that ratio you’re absolutely right. Regardless, thanks for the great work on Caddy, it’s rock solid.