# gobuffalo/pop

A Tasty Treat For All Your Database Needs

Repository: https://github.com/gobuffalo/pop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gobuffalo-pop
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: orm, migrations, mysql, postgresql, sqlite, cockroachdb, gobuffalo, database
Last push: 2026-08-24T19:35:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 80, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3129, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 137, "gap_med": 0, "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 1515, forks 251 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:56.458463+00:00)

## What it is
Pop is a Go ORM and database toolkit that wraps sqlx to simplify CRUD operations, query building, and migrations. It follows ActiveRecord-inspired conventions such as automatic timestamps and pluralized table names.

## Use cases
- manage database migrations in Go
- run CRUD operations against Postgres or MySQL
- map Go structs to database tables with conventions
- build and execute SQL queries from Go code
- support SQLite and CockroachDB in a Go app
- auto-set created_at and updated_at timestamps

## When to choose
- you want an ActiveRecord-style ORM in Go
- you need built-in migration support across multiple SQL databases
- you prefer convention-over-configuration for struct-to-table mapping

## When to avoid
- you need a raw SQL-first approach without ORM conventions
- you use a NoSQL database
- you require heavy advanced ORM features like complex relationship loading found in larger ORMs

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: orm, database, database-driver
- domain: databases, backend, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: migrations, sqlx, activerecord-style, mysql, postgresql, sqlite, cockroachdb, gobuffalo

## Member repositories
- gobuffalo/pop (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:56.458463+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 2026-08-30T04:32:09.247158+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gobuffalo/pop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:56.458463+00:00, sha e6f444814784)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.