# gobuffalo/buffalo

Rapid Web Development w/ Go

Repository: https://github.com/gobuffalo/buffalo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/buffalo
Homepage: http://gobuffalo.io
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, buffalo, golang, gobuffalo, rails, web, webframework, framework, web-framework
Last push: 2026-03-21T14:31:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 73, release rhythm 51, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4333, "days_push": 165, "days_rel": 166, "gap_med": 143, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8413, forks 581 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:21.052052+00:00)

## What it is
Buffalo is a Rails-like web development framework and ecosystem for Go that generates complete projects with routing, ORM, templating, and frontend assets pre-wired. It includes a CLI toolbox for code generation, hot code reloading, testing, and background workers.

## Use cases
- build a full-stack web app in Go
- generate a Go web project with database and routing wired up
- rails-style MVC development in golang
- scaffold CRUD resources and models in Go
- hot reload Go web app during development
- manage database migrations in a Go project
- build server-rendered web applications with Go

## When to choose
- you want an opinionated, batteries-included Go web framework like Rails
- you need generators, migrations, and dev tooling out of the box
- you're building a traditional server-rendered web application in Go

## When to avoid
- you prefer minimal, composable libraries like chi or echo
- you're building a pure JSON API and don't want templating or asset pipelines
- you need maximum routing performance over developer convenience

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, routing, templating, orm, middleware, cli
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools
- platform: go, cross-platform, cli
- tags: rails-like, full-stack, code-generation, pop-orm, plush-templating, hot-reload, mvc, scaffolding

## Member repositories
- gobuffalo/buffalo (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:21.052052+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 2026-08-29T17:27:18.160705+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gobuffalo/buffalo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:21.052052+00:00, sha 75d3c8dcbfaf)
  - homepage: http://gobuffalo.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:27:21.457445+00:00, sha 16cf43a17050)
  - site_page: https://gobuffalo.io/documentation/support (fetched 2026-08-29T08:27:21.466204+00:00, sha acf58cada68f)
  - site_page: https://gobuffalo.io/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:27:21.468385+00:00, sha f927c47babd6)
  - site_page: https://gobuffalo.io/documentation/getting_started/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:27:21.470091+00:00, sha 6f5ac5bde715)
  - site_page: https://gobuffalo.io/documentation/tutorials (fetched 2026-08-29T08:27:21.471863+00:00, sha c82cee084ff7)
  - site_page: https://gobuffalo.io/documentation/troubleshooting (fetched 2026-08-29T08:27:21.473652+00:00, sha 23f33a8c38d8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.