--- title: On Vinyl Cache and Varnish Cache | daily.dev description: The former Varnish Cache FOSS project has renamed itself to Vinyl Cache, while Varnish Software has simultaneously launched a new downstream project still... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/on-vinyl-cache-and-varnish-cache-gqssyhs02 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: On Vinyl Cache and Varnish Cache | daily.dev og:description: The former Varnish Cache FOSS project has renamed itself to Vinyl Cache, while Varnish Software has simultaneously launched a new downstream project still... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/on-vinyl-cache-and-varnish-cache-gqssyhs02 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gqsSYHS02.png og:image:alt: On Vinyl Cache and Varnish Cache og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # On Vinyl Cache and Varnish Cache **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The former Varnish Cache FOSS project has renamed itself to Vinyl Cache, while Varnish Software has simultaneously launched a new downstream project still called Varnish Cache. This post clarifies the distinction: Vinyl Cache is the direct continuation of the original independent FOSS project with the same maintainer team and governance, while the new Varnish Cache is a corporate-controlled fork by Varnish Software with its own governance, new code, and a trademark policy. Two Vinyl Cache board members draw an explicit parallel to the MySQL/MariaDB split when Oracle acquired MySQL, framing Varnish Software's actions as a corporate takeover of the project name. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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