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Go Package Radar ranks libraries by maintenance, adoption, security, maturity, and developer experience signals from pkg.go.dev, GitHub, and curated ecosystem sources.

226 tracked packages
20 ranking groups
62 avg health
24 comparisons
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#1 Echo

Package echo implements high performance, minimalist Go web framework.

Go Web Frameworks 32.4K stars 31.3K imported-by 100% confidence
97

#2 urfave/cli

Package cli provides a minimal framework for creating and organizing command line Go applications.

Go CLI Frameworks 24.1K stars 23.1K imported-by 100% confidence
97

#3 Fiber

Package fiber is an Express inspired web framework built on top of Fasthttp, the fastest HTTP engine for Go.

Go Web Frameworks 39.8K stars 30.9K imported-by 100% confidence
96

#4 go-redis

Package redis implements a Redis client.

Go Redis Clients 22.1K stars 17.4K imported-by 100% confidence
96

#5 GoFrame

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

Go Web Frameworks 13.2K stars 14 imported-by 100% confidence
96

#6 env

A simple, zero-dependencies library to parse environment variables into structs

Go Configuration Libraries 6.2K stars 1.4K imported-by 100% confidence
95

#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 4.1K stars 540 imported-by 100% confidence
95

#8 sql-migrate

SQL Schema migration tool for Go.

Go Database Migration Libraries 3.4K stars 1.9K imported-by 100% confidence
95

Most Visible Packages

GitHub stars

#1 Gin

Package gin implements a HTTP web framework called gin.

Go Web Frameworks 88.7K stars 0 imported-by 65% confidence
89

#2 dive

A tool for exploring each layer in a docker image

Go Terminal UI Libraries 54.3K stars 0 imported-by 95% confidence
86

#3 Cobra

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

Go CLI Frameworks 44.1K stars 0 imported-by 65% confidence
87

#4 Fiber

Package fiber is an Express inspired web framework built on top of Fasthttp, the fastest HTTP engine for Go.

Go Web Frameworks 39.8K stars 30.9K imported-by 100% confidence
96

#5 Echo

Package echo implements high performance, minimalist Go web framework.

Go Web Frameworks 32.4K stars 31.3K imported-by 100% confidence
97

#6 Viper

Go configuration with fangs.

Go Configuration Libraries 30.3K stars 0 imported-by 80% confidence
85

#7 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
95

#8 Logrus

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

Go Logging Libraries 25.7K stars 0 imported-by 65% confidence
86