labstack/echo

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32659 stars · 2357 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Echo is a high-performance, minimalist web framework for Go built on the standard net/http package, featuring a zero-allocation radix-tree router, 25+ built-in middlewares, and data binding with validation. It supports RESTful API development, automatic TLS via Let's Encrypt, HTTP/2, and template rendering, with the v5 release line actively maintained.

Use cases

• build rest apis in go
• serve http endpoints with a fast router
• add jwt authentication middleware to a go service
• build microservices in go
• serve https with automatic letsencrypt certificates
• bind json and form payloads to structs in go
• render html templates in a go web app
• add rate limiting and cors to a go api

When to choose

• you want a fast, batteries-included Go web framework with minimal boilerplate
• you need a mature middleware ecosystem (CORS, JWT, rate-limit, gzip, logging) out of the box
• you want automatic TLS and HTTP/2 without extra configuration
• you need interoperability with Go's standard net/http handlers and middleware

When to avoid

• you prefer the Go standard library alone with no framework abstractions
• you need a full-stack framework with built-in ORM or admin panels
• your project requires Go older than 1.25 for the v5 line

Facets

framework · maturity stable

web-framework http-server routing middleware websocket templating rate-limiting auth web-development backend apis microservices go windows cross-platform rest-api http2 letsencrypt auto-tls minimalist high-performance router data-binding jwt cors linux macos web-server

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