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Gin

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.

Data confidence90/100
Source coverage90/100
Publish confidence90/100
Evidence checkedSep 15, 2026
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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.

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

The project is active, but some maintenance signals are mixed.

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ToolVitals63/100Health68/100Shipping55/100Zombie Risk4/100
Overall Score63Warning
Activity55
Reliability68
Adoption99
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Repository

GitHub Activity

Go
gin-gonic/gin
Stars89,220
Forks8,693
Contributors10Active in 90d · as of Sep 15, 2026
Open Issues772
Primary Language
Go
Last Commit
31 days ago
Commits 30d
3
Commits 90d
11
Releases 90d
0
Default Branch
master
License
MIT
Repository Status
Active repository
Evidence

Signal Quality

Data Confidence90/100Strong
Source Coverage90/100Strong
Publish Confidence90/100Strong

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Zombie RiskNo meaningful zombie signal right now.

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OSI-approved OSS
License
MIT

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

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Category
Frameworks
Use Case
Web Frameworks
Openness
OSI-approved OSS
License
MIT
Tool Mode
Library Framework
Score Model
Open Source Maintenance
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Scored Intelligence
Status
Warning
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open-sourceframeworkgingomiddlewareperformancerouterserverapi-firstweb-frameworkbackendhttprest-apimicroservices

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