go-gorp/gorp

Health v2 · maintenance only

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3747 stars · 381 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

gorp is a Go library that maps Go structs to relational database tables, generating insert/update/delete SQL and binding query results back to structs. It is a lightweight 'ORM-ish' layer over database/sql that reduces boilerplate without full object-relational mapping.

Use cases

• map Go structs to database tables without writing CRUD SQL
• run transactions with rollback support in Go
• load SELECT query results directly into struct slices
• forward-engineer a database schema from structs for unit tests
• add optimistic locking with a version column
• hook pre/post insert, update, and delete logic

When to choose

• you use database/sql and want less boilerplate without a full ORM
• you want explicit control over SQL while getting struct binding for free
• you need simple transactions, hooks, and optimistic locking in Go

When to avoid

• you need relationship/association management between entities
• you want automatic migrations or a rich query DSL
• you need a very actively developed project with frequent releases

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

orm database database-driver databases backend developer-tools go cross-platform sql struct-mapping transactions relational-database

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