# guonaihong/gout

gout to become the Swiss Army Knife of the http client @^^@--->  gout 是http client领域的瑞士军刀，小巧，强大，犀利。具体用法可看文档，如使用迷惑或者API用得不爽都可提issues

Repository: https://github.com/guonaihong/gout
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gout
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: http-client, http-request, go, golang, httpclient, request, http-requests
Last push: 2025-11-16T09:20:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 46/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 52, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2647, "days_push": 290, "days_rel": 430, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1329, forks 113 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:23.887016+00:00)

## What it is
gout is a Go HTTP client library designed as a 'Swiss Army Knife' for making HTTP requests with a fluent API. It supports multiple body encodings (JSON, XML, YAML, protobuf, form-data), response binding, retry with backoff, load benchmarking, and curl command export.

## Use cases
- make http requests in go with json body
- send form-data or urlencoded requests from golang
- parse http response json into struct in go
- retry http requests with backoff
- benchmark http endpoint load from go
- export http request as curl command

## When to choose
- you want a fluent, batteries-included Go HTTP client with struct-based headers, query, and body encoding
- you need built-in retry, benchmarking, or response binding without extra dependencies

## When to avoid
- you prefer the standard net/http client or a minimal wrapper
- you need an async or heavily ecosystem-integrated client like resty alternatives with larger communities

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: http-client, serialization, benchmarking, middleware
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, apis
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: http-request, retry-backoff, curl-export, fluent-api

## Member repositories
- guonaihong/gout (main) score 46

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:23.887016+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 2026-08-30T04:45:39.475121+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/guonaihong/gout (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:23.887016+00:00, sha a432765afc3a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.