caddyserver/caddy

Choose this fork if you want a specialized, CoreDNS-aligned Caddy base and can live without parts of upstream’s broader web-server feature set. Choose upstream if you need the full, actively evolving Caddy platform with minimal compatibility risk.

Choose this fork only if h2c reverse proxy support is the deciding requirement. Otherwise, upstream Caddy is the safer default because it is active, much newer, and far less likely to surprise you with missing fixes or compatibility drift.

Choose this fork only if you need its specific behavior and can absorb maintenance debt. For most adopters, upstream Caddy is the safer default because this fork is stale, significantly diverged, and appears to have removed or frozen some upstream capabilities.

Prefer this fork only if you already depend on its older semantics or specific backported proxy/TLS changes. For most adopters, upstream Caddy is the better choice because this fork is stale, materially diverged, and missing modern features such as ECH and recent maintenance work.

Choose the upstream Caddy project unless you specifically need this fork's customized behavior. This fork looks like a long-stalled, heavily diverged variant with likely feature loss and meaningful maintenance risk, so it is best only for adopters who already rely on its bespoke changes and can own ongoing maintenance.

Prefer upstream unless you specifically need this older pinned state; the fork offers no visible enhancements and is materially behind active Caddy development.

Prefer this fork only if you need legacy Caddy behavior and can accept major divergence from upstream. For most adopters, the active upstream is the safer and more capable choice.

Choose this fork only if you need its specific downstream behavior and are willing to own the divergence. If you want the newest Caddy features, fixes, and the broadest compatibility with upstream docs and modules, upstream is the safer default.

Prefer the upstream Caddy unless you specifically need the fork's custom reverse-proxy/TLS behavior and are willing to own the maintenance debt. This fork is materially stale and highly diverged, so it is best treated as a specialized legacy branch, not a general-purpose replacement.