varnishcache/varnish-cache
Varnish Cache source code repository observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 67
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3985
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 199
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4048 stars · 394 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Varnish Cache is a high-performance open-source HTTP accelerator and reverse caching proxy written in C, serving cached responses from memory in front of origin servers. It is configured via VCL (a compiled configuration language), supports in-process TLS termination, and ships with official Docker images and a Kubernetes Helm chart.
Use cases
- speed up my website by caching HTTP responses in front of my origin server
- set up a reverse proxy cache for a high-traffic web application
- terminate TLS without a separate sidecar proxy
- deploy a caching layer on Kubernetes with a Helm chart
- cache API responses with custom cache policies
- rate-limit requests in front of my backend
- serve cached pages in microseconds under heavy load
When to choose
- you need extremely fast HTTP caching in front of web origins
- you want programmable cache policy via a compiled configuration language (VCL)
- you deploy on Linux, Docker, or Kubernetes and want native TLS termination
- you need a mature, battle-tested accelerator with a long release history
When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose forward proxy or full CDN with global edge nodes
- you need dynamic content that cannot be cached effectively
- you want a simple drop-in config without learning VCL
- you need Windows or macOS native support
Facets
service · maturity active
caching http-server proxy middleware security logging monitoring web-development backend infrastructure-as-code self-hosted performance networking self-hosted cloud reverse-proxy http-accelerator vcl tls-termination cdn content-delivery edge-cache vmod linux docker kubernetes web-server
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache · fetched 2026-08-28 · 663d05b637fb
- homepage: https://www.varnish-cache.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · d6391b6ef0de
- site_page: https://www.varnish.org/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · ce6a9367b9d4
- site_page: https://www.varnish.org/docs/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · ce6a9367b9d4
- site_page: https://www.varnish.org/docs/extra-features · fetched 2026-08-29 · bd4ccb626edc
- site_page: https://www.varnish.org/docs/install-guide/install-docker · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7bf9914aef04
- site_page: https://www.varnish.org/docs/install-guide/install-kubernetes · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2eb9a26c5eb8
- site_page: https://www.varnish.org/docs/install-guide/install-debian-ubuntu · fetched 2026-08-29 · 95b30bbf13e8
- site_page: https://www.varnish.org/docs/install-guide/install-rhel-compatible · fetched 2026-08-29 · 59702e34a692
- site_page: https://www.varnish.org/releases · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3764408f559a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| varnishcache/varnish-cache | main | 10 |
For agents
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