# labstack/echo

High performance, minimalist Go web framework

Repository: https://github.com/labstack/echo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/echo
Homepage: https://echo.labstack.com
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, echo, web, middleware, microservice, websocket, ssl, letsencrypt, micro-framework, https, http2, web-framework, labstack-echo
Last push: 2026-08-24T09:10:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 94, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4203, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 43, "gap_med": 8, "n_releases_24m": 22}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 32659, forks 2357 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:57.753476+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: web-framework, http-server, routing, middleware, websocket, templating, rate-limiting, auth
- domain: web-development, backend, apis, microservices
- platform: go, windows, cross-platform
- tags: rest-api, http2, letsencrypt, auto-tls, minimalist, high-performance, router, data-binding, jwt, cors, linux, macos, web-server

## Member repositories
- labstack/echo (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:57.753476+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 2026-08-29T16:51:55.318137+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/labstack/echo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:57.753476+00:00, sha 7674e13ec2f4)
  - homepage: https://echo.labstack.com (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:54.808877+00:00, sha 7e97de7a2ead)
  - site_page: https://echo.labstack.com/guide/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:54.815955+00:00, sha b8539875cdf7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.