Go Web Server

Open-source Go projects categorized as Web Server

Top 10 Go Web Server Projects

  1. Caddy

    Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS

    Project mention: I got tired of setting up SSL for every side project, so I made a 60-second Docker deploy kit | dev.to | 2026-05-19

    The secret is Caddy. Unlike Nginx, Caddy handles SSL automatically — it requests certificates from Let's Encrypt and renews them without any configuration. The entire reverse proxy config is 3 lines:

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  3. Armor

    Uncomplicated, modern HTTP server

  4. HellPot

    HellPot is a cross-platform portal to endless suffering meant to punish unruly HTTP bots.

  5. kawipiko

    kawipiko -- blazingly fast static HTTP server -- focused on low latency and high concurrency, by leveraging Go, `fasthttp` and the CDB embedded database

  6. pb-ext

    pocketbase boilerplate

    Project mention: Pb-ext: Enhanced PocketBase server with monitoring, logging and API docs | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-20
  7. go-baseapp

    A lightweight starting point for Go web servers

  8. rango

    High performance websocket server (by openware)

  9. boulevard

    A simple and powerful reverse proxy.

  10. zehd

    Zero Effort Hosting Daemon

  11. statico

    A dead simple web server (by codesoap)

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Go Web Server related posts

  • I got tired of setting up SSL for every side project, so I made a 60-second Docker deploy kit

    1 project | dev.to | 19 May 2026
  • Caddy Has a Free API: The Web Server With Automatic HTTPS

    1 project | dev.to | 28 Mar 2026
  • Traefik vs Caddy: Which Reverse Proxy?

    3 projects | dev.to | 12 Mar 2026
  • Caddy Server Release Process

    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Feb 2026
  • Deploy Django on a VPS with Docker: Step-by-Step Guide

    2 projects | dev.to | 26 Dec 2025
  • Next Steps for the Caddy Project Maintainership

    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Oct 2025
  • Node.js vs Go in Practice: Performance Comparison of chaos-proxy and chaos-proxy-go

    4 projects | dev.to | 11 Oct 2025
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Index

What are some of the best open-source Web Server projects in Go? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 Caddy 73,224
2 Armor 1,661
3 HellPot 1,112
4 kawipiko 401
5 pb-ext 113
6 go-baseapp 85
7 rango 66
8 boulevard 9
9 zehd 8
10 statico 3

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