caddyserver/xcaddy

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1518 stars · 147 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

xcaddy is a command-line tool and Go package for building custom Caddy web server binaries with plugins. It also serves as a replacement for `go run` when developing Caddy plugins.

Use cases

• build a custom caddy binary with third-party plugins
• compile caddy with a specific plugin version
• develop and test a caddy plugin locally
• cross-compile caddy for another platform
• embed custom assets into a caddy build

When to choose

• you need a caddy binary with plugins not in the official build
• you are developing a Caddy plugin and want fast iteration
• you want reproducible custom caddy builds without manual go.mod wrangling

When to avoid

• you just need standard caddy without plugins - download an official release
• your build process is highly custom or proprietary - building caddy manually with go may be simpler
• you do not have Go installed and cannot use the prebuilt binaries

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

build-tool cli http-server plugin-system developer-tools web-development developer-tools backend go cli windows cross-platform caddy web-server custom-builds go-plugins compilation command-line linux macos

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