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Vinyl Cache

Web application accelerator/caching HTTP reverse proxy (formerly Varnish).

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Still maintained? Yes: 267 commits in the last 90 days, latest release vinyl-cache-9.1.0 (Sep 2026).

Docker #15 of 19 in Web Servers

At a glance

Vinyl Cache quick facts

Health score
85/100 GOOD
Stars
13
Last commit
yesterday (Oct 2026)
Latest release
vinyl-cache-9.1.0, Sep 2026
Licence
BSD-2-Clause
View code.vinyl-cache.org/vinyl-cache/vinyl-cache on code.vinyl-cache.org ↗ Website ↗

Top alternatives to Vinyl Cache

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Vinyl Cache scores 85/100, #15 of 19 in Web Servers: 267 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (vinyl-cache-9.1.0, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 13 stars add 4.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 15.4 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the code.vinyl-cache.org API. How the score is calculated.

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    267 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    vinyl-cache-9.1.0 released 1 month ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 4.6 / 20

    13 stars on code.vinyl-cache.org (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

341 commits over the last 12 months
267
Last 90 days
341
Last 12 months
yesterday
Last push

Ranked #15 of 19 tools in Web Servers by health , between Static Web Server (#14) and UUSEC WAF (#16) .

Details

LicenceBSD-2-Clause
PlatformsGo, deb, Docker
Latest releasevinyl-cache-9.1.0 · 1 month ago
Stars13
Open issues112
DockerYes
Repositorycode.vinyl-cache.org/vinyl-cache/vinyl-cache ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

Vinyl Cache vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a category with Vinyl Cache (Web Servers), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Traefik 99 65k MIT today
NGINX 98 32k BSD-2-Clause yesterday
Pangolin 97 23k AGPL-3.0 yesterday
SafeLine 97 23k GPL-3.0 8 days ago
Pomerium 95 5.1k Apache-2.0 today
Vinyl Cache (this tool) 85 13 BSD-2-Clause yesterday

Vinyl Cache: common questions

Is Vinyl Cache still maintained?

Vinyl Cache had 267 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, vinyl-cache-9.1.0, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.