What is the best Windows website hosting software?

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What is the best Windows website hosting software?

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Best Windows website hosting software	Price	Platforms	License
-- Caddy	Free / paid	Windows, Linux, Mac, Docker etc.	Apache 2.0
-- XAMPP	-	Windows, Linux, Mac	-

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Caddy

Top Pro

Automatic HTTPS

Top Con

Free version includes advertisement in HTTP response headers

In the free version, Caddy includes an Caddy-Sponsors header in all HTTP response for crediting their sponsors. This header cannot be removed, and is required as per the non-commercial EULA. See More

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Easy and safe web server written in GO with "automatic HTTPS", free for non-commercial use. See More

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Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac, Docker etc.

License:Apache 2.0

Top Pro

Multiplatform

Top Con

No longer free for commercial use

Caddy introduced commercial licenses in Sept 2017, making it non-free for commercial projects, although you can still build from source and compile/distribute the binaries under Apache 2.0. Furthermore, the pricing is steep when compared to Nginx. See More

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A lot of plugins

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Open source

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XAMPP

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Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

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What is the best Windows website hosting software?

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Caddy

My Recommendation for Caddy

My Recommendation for Caddy

Automatic HTTPS

Free version includes advertisement in HTTP response headers

Multiplatform

No longer free for commercial use

A lot of plugins

Open source

XAMPP

My Recommendation for XAMPP

My Recommendation for XAMPP

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