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The best Gin alternatives

6 tools that do a similar job to Gin, 6 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.

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Gin

A fast Go web framework for building HTTP APIs and web services with a simple routing API.

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    Echo

    Open source · MIT · ★ 32.8k

    A minimalist Go web framework for building fast HTTP servers and APIs.

    Best for: Go developers building REST APIs or backend services; Teams that want a small framework on top of the standard library

    Full review Gin vs Echo
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    chi

    Open source · MIT · ★ 23k

    A small, standard-library-compatible router for building Go HTTP and REST API services.

    Best for: Go developers building REST API services; Teams that want routing built on the standard net/http package

    Full review Gin vs chi
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    Fiber

    Open source · MIT · ★ 40.2k

    An Express-style web framework for building fast HTTP servers and APIs in Go.

    Best for: Go developers building REST APIs or web backends; Developers coming from Node.js and Express who want a familiar style in Go

    Full review Gin vs Fiber
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    warp

    Open source · MIT · ★ 10.4k

    A Rust web server framework built from small composable filters for handling HTTP requests.

    Best for: Rust developers building HTTP APIs or web servers; Developers who like composing small reusable request-handling pieces

    Full review Gin vs warp
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    Vapor

    Open source · MIT · ★ 26.2k

    A web framework for building websites and APIs in the Swift programming language.

    Best for: Swift developers who want to build backend services in the same language as their iOS or macOS apps; Teams building JSON APIs or web backends who already work in Swift

    Full review
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    Mithril

    Open source · MIT · ★ 14.5k

    A small JavaScript framework for building single page web apps, with routing and XHR built in.

    Best for: Developers who want a small framework with routing and HTTP utilities included; Teams building single page apps who prefer a lightweight alternative to larger frameworks

    Full review

How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Gin. We don't take payment for placement.