Gin Web Framework

Gin is a high-performance HTTP web framework written in Go. It provides a Martini-like API but with significantly better performance—up to 40 times faster—thanks to httprouter. Gin is designed for building REST APIs, web applications, and microservices. observed · 2026-10-15

github.com/gin-gonic/gin · homepage · Go · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-10-15

Health v2 · maintenance only

79/100

Activity 99
Release rhythm 41
Longevity 100

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: 141.5
age_days: 4509
days_rel: 234
days_push: 10
n_releases_24m: 3

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

89356 stars · 8752 forks observed · 2026-10-15

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-09-21, confidence 0.99

Gin is a high‑performance HTTP web framework for Go that offers a Martini‑like API with minimal boilerplate. It provides fast routing, middleware support, and automatic JSON validation for building REST APIs and microservices.

Use cases

Build a high‑throughput REST API in Go
Create microservices that need to handle many concurrent requests
Develop a web application with fast response times and minimal latency
Prototype a web service quickly using built‑in routing and middleware
Implement JSON request/response validation with automatic binding
Organize routes with groups and shared middleware for versioned APIs

When to choose

When you need maximum performance and low memory overhead for Go web services
If you prefer a simple, expressive routing API similar to Express.js
When you want built‑in middleware for logging, recovery, CORS, etc.
If your project targets REST APIs or microservices in a Go ecosystem

When to avoid

If you require a full‑stack framework with templating, ORM, and front‑end integration
When you need language‑agnostic solutions or are not using Go
If you prefer a framework with more opinionated conventions or higher‑level abstractions

Facets

framework · maturity active

http-server middleware routing api-framework web-development backend microservices go windows cross-platform high-performance zero-allocation rest-api json-binding gin linux macos

4 sources

readme: https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin · fetched 2026-10-15 · cfc48364067a
homepage: https://gin-gonic.com/ · fetched 2026-09-07 · 3b78241c76b8
site_page: https://gin-gonic.com/en/docs · fetched 2026-09-07 · 728c0f910a21
site_page: https://gin-gonic.com/en/docs/users · fetched 2026-09-07 · 1b9f43ddd4b8

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
gin-gonic/gin	main	79
gin-gonic/examples	examples	77
gin-gonic/contrib	plugin	56
gin-gonic/autotls	plugin	95
gin-gonic/website	docs	76

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