The best chi alternatives
4 tools that do a similar job to chi, 4 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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chiA small, standard-library-compatible router for building Go HTTP and REST API services.
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Gin
Open source · MIT · ★ 89.5k
A fast Go web framework for building HTTP APIs and web services with a simple routing API.
Best for: Go developers building REST APIs; Teams writing microservices in Go
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Echo
Open source · MIT · ★ 32.8k
A minimalist Go web framework for building fast HTTP servers and APIs.
Best for: Go developers building REST APIs or backend services; Teams that want a small framework on top of the standard library
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Kratos
Open source · MIT · ★ 26k
A lightweight Go framework for building cloud-native microservices.
Best for: Go developers building a set of backend services that talk over HTTP or gRPC; Teams that want an API-first workflow starting from Protobuf definitions
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dio
Open source · MIT · ★ 12.8k
A Dart/Flutter library for making HTTP network requests with interceptors, uploads, downloads, and timeouts.
Best for: Flutter app developers who need to call web APIs; Dart developers building server-side or command-line code that makes HTTP calls
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to chi. We don't take payment for placement.