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Varnish
An HTTP accelerator, also known as a caching reverse proxy. It can increase the speed of a website, while reducing the load on the web server. Depending on the architecture, it can speed it up with a factor of 300 to 1000 times. The tool is also very fast, flexible and reliable.
| First released | 2006 |
| Developed by | Poul-Henning Kamp, Redpill-Linpro |
| Latest stable version | Varnish 6 |
| Open-source | Yes |
| Used by | Columbia University, Dyn, Filmtools |
Interesting facts
Many social media and news websites use Varnish, as those are generally overloaded.
