Caddy vs Hudson
A source-aware comparison of pricing, documented capabilities and workflow fit.
Short answer
- Price: both start at Free.
- How to start: both are free.
- Where they differ: only Caddy has public api; both offer open source / self-hostable.
These lines are generated from the pricing we track, not from a paid placement. How we score tools.
What Caddy is
Caddy is a web server that obtains and renews TLS certificates automatically, with a configuration file most people can read.
What Hudson is
Eclipse Hudson is an EPL-licensed Java continuous-integration server designed to run in a servlet container and execute builds from several source-control systems. The Eclipse Foundation now marks the project Archived and lists 3.4.0 from September 2016 as its latest release, so it should be treated as legacy infrastructure to inventory, isolate and migrate—not as a current CI choice.
Side by side
What Hudson is built to do
- Java CI server
- Historically ran as a Java application in servlet containers such as Tomcat or GlassFish.
- SCM integrations
- The archived project page lists CVS, Subversion, Git and ClearCase support.
- Build execution
- Historically executed Ant, Maven, shell-script and Windows batch workloads.
- Archived lifecycle
- The authoritative project record now identifies Hudson as archived.
Choose Caddy if
- Anyone who wants a correctly configured HTTPS server without ceremony.
Choose Hudson if
- Identifying an existing Hudson server and its historical role
- Planning retirement or migration of legacy Hudson jobs
- Preserving read-only historical context during a controlled transition
Skip Hudson if
- You are selecting a CI platform for a new project
- You require current security fixes, platform support or maintained plugins
- The build system will hold production credentials or run untrusted code
Evidence and freshness
Where a claim on this page comes from a vendor page, it is linked here.
Caddy
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Caddy: pros & cons
- HTTPS configured correctly by default
- Configuration is short and legible
- Single binary, easy to deploy
- Smaller community than nginx
- Fewer third-party guides
- Some advanced setups need plugins
Hudson: pros & cons
- Legacy recognition: The official page identifies the runtime, supported build styles and historical SCM integrations for existing installations.
- Open-source history: Eclipse lists the project under the Eclipse Public License 1.0.
- Migration context: Its documented Java servlet-container architecture helps teams locate dependencies around an inherited instance.
- Archived project: Eclipse explicitly marks Hudson archived, so ongoing fixes and current platform compatibility should not be assumed.
- Old release line: The latest release shown by Eclipse is 3.4.0 from 2016.
- Security exposure: An internet-facing or privileged build system without current maintenance creates material dependency, plugin and credential risk.
- Migration work: Jobs, plugins, credentials, agents and artifact flows must be inventoried and tested on a maintained replacement.
Our verdict on Caddy
The easiest path to good TLS defaults. nginx still wins on ecosystem and examples.
Our verdict on Hudson
Do not choose Hudson for a new deployment. If it already exists, restrict access, inventory every job and secret, preserve required history, and migrate to a maintained CI platform with tested rollback.