julienschmidt/httprouter

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17126 stars · 1464 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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HttpRouter is a lightweight, high-performance HTTP request router (mux) for Go that supports path variables and method matching using a compressing radix tree. It is optimized for speed and low memory footprint, with zero-garbage matching and automatic path correction.

Use cases

• route http requests in a go web service
• handle url path parameters in go
• replace net/http servemux with a faster router
• build a high performance rest api in go
• redirect trailing slashes and fix url paths automatically
• route large numbers of endpoints efficiently

When to choose

• you need a fast, minimal router with path parameters in Go
• you want zero-allocation request dispatching for latency-sensitive services
• you have many routes or long paths and need efficient matching

When to avoid

• you need a full web framework with middleware, templating, or validation built in
• you want wildcard or regex-based route matching with flexible priority rules
• you prefer the standard library's http.ServeMux for maximal compatibility

Facets

library · maturity stable

routing http-server middleware web-development backend apis performance go windows cross-platform http-router mux radix-tree zero-allocation path-parameters linux macos

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