# Vinyl Cache

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/vinyl-cache/

5 people recommended Vinyl Cache in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** A free, very fast HTTP cache, formerly Varnish, that can keep a site reachable when its backend goes down.

Summary written by Claude from 5 comments.

## What people recommend instead

- [Varnish Cache](https://hackerapproved.com/p/varnish-cache/): 9 recommend, 2 mixed, 2 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Vinyl Cache", https://hackerapproved.com/p/vinyl-cache/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.