Varnish Cache
High-performance HTTP accelerator and caching proxy
Varnish Cache is a powerful HTTP accelerator that sits in front of web servers to cache content and dramatically speed up delivery. Its VCL language gives fine-grained control over caching.
Key features
- Powerful HTTP caching
- VCL configuration language
- Massive throughput
- Edge-side includes
Strengths
- Released under the BSD-2-Clause license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Active community (4k GitHub stars)
- Written in C
Varnish Cache replaces
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