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57 avg health

26 comparisons

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Go Blockchain Libraries

3 packages ranked

Go CLI Frameworks

25 packages ranked

Go Configuration Libraries

12 packages ranked

Go Database Migration Libraries

12 packages ranked

Go HTTP Routers

11 packages ranked

Go JSON Libraries

7 packages ranked

Go Logging Libraries

15 packages ranked

Go OpenAPI Libraries

9 packages ranked

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#1 Gin

Package gin implements a HTTP web framework called gin.

Go Web Frameworks 88.6K stars 183.2K imported-by 100% confidence

#2 go-redis

Package redis implements a Redis client.

Go Redis Clients 22.1K stars 17.4K imported-by 100% confidence

#3 GoFrame

A powerful framework for faster, easier, and more efficient project development.

Go Web Frameworks 13.2K stars 14 imported-by 100% confidence

#4 Logrus

Package logrus is a structured logger for Go, completely API compatible with the standard library logger.

Go Logging Libraries 25.7K stars 240.0K imported-by 100% confidence

#5 bubbletea

Package tea provides a framework for building rich terminal user interfaces based on the paradigms of The Elm Architecture.

Go Terminal UI Libraries 42.8K stars 11.7K imported-by 100% confidence

#6 Cobra

Package cobra is a commander providing a simple interface to create powerful modern CLI interfaces.

Go CLI Frameworks 44.0K stars 195.9K imported-by 100% confidence

#7 Koanf

Simple, extremely lightweight, extensible, configuration management library for Go. Supports JSON, TOML, YAML, env, command line, file, S3 etc. Alternative to viper.

Go Configuration Libraries 4.0K stars 540 imported-by 100% confidence

#8 Testify

Module testify is a set of packages that provide many tools for testifying that your code will behave as you intend.

Go Testing Libraries 26.0K stars 15 imported-by 100% confidence

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