The best go-zero alternatives
5 tools that do a similar job to go-zero, 5 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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go-zeroA Go framework for building web and RPC microservices, with a code generator called goctl.
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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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Tonic
Open source · MIT · ★ 12.5k
A Rust library for building gRPC clients and servers with async/await support.
Best for: Rust developers building services that talk over gRPC; Teams that want async/await support in their network services
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Orleans
Open source · MIT · ★ 10.9k
A .NET framework for building distributed apps using 'grains', objects that stay available across many servers
Best for: C# and .NET developers building scalable backend services; Teams modeling many independent entities, such as devices or users, as stateful objects
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 go-zero. We don't take payment for placement.