# go-zoo/bone

Lightning Fast HTTP Multiplexer

Repository: https://github.com/go-zoo/bone
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bone
Homepage: http://go-zoo.github.io/bone
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, router, mux
Last push: 2019-05-06T14:37:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4306, "days_push": 2676, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1282, forks 101 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:14.110991+00:00)

## What it is
Bone is a lightweight, high-performance HTTP multiplexer (router) for Go that implements the standard net/http Handler interface. It supports URL parameters, regex parameters, wildcard routes, router prefixes, sub-routers, per-route parameter validators, HTTP method declarations, and a custom NotFound handler.

## Use cases
- fast http router for go
- golang mux with url parameters
- regex route matching in go
- lightweight alternative to gorilla/mux
- validate route params in a go router
- mount sub-routers in go http server
- router that works with standard net/http handlers

## When to choose
- You need very fast request routing while staying fully compatible with net/http Handler and HandlerFunc
- You want URL, regex, and wildcard parameters plus custom validators without adopting a full web framework
- You need a minimal dependency that composes with other routers like gorilla/mux or httprouter via sub-route mounting

## When to avoid
- You are starting a new project: the last release was May 2019 and the project appears unmaintained, so actively maintained routers like chi, httprouter, or echo are safer
- You need built-in middleware chaining, JSON binding, or other framework-level features out of the box
- You require long-term security patches or compatibility guarantees with the latest Go releases

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: routing, http-server
- domain: web-development, backend, apis, developer-tools
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: http-multiplexer, router, mux, url-parameters, regex-routing, wildcard-routes, parameter-validators, sub-router, net-http-compatible, lightweight, middleware-support

## Member repositories
- go-zoo/bone (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:14.110991+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:57:42.186281+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/go-zoo/bone (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:14.110991+00:00, sha 649f9507ae92)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.