What is Gin?
An open-source framework for building HTTP services in Go, known for exceptional speed in request handling and providing a straightforward API for creating REST endpoints, microservices, and web applications. It features middleware support, automatic request validation, centralized error handling, and built-in rendering for multiple data formats.
Gin pricing
We don't have Gin's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Gin does
The capabilities that matter for web frameworks, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Rendering model
- Server-side
- File-based routing
- -
- Language
- Go
- Server components
- -
- Streaming SSR
- -
- Built-in API / backend routes
- ✓
- First-class TypeScript
- -
- Fast refresh / HMR
- -
- Edge runtime support
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Self-hosted
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 5 (0 in the last 12 months), max severity CRITICAL sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Gin alternatives
Other web frameworks we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Gin, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dependent projects | 79 | 0.08 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 59 | 0.07 | 4.0 | ✓ |
| Security score | 60 | 0.05 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Stars | 93 | 0.03 | 3.1 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 29 | 0.08 | 2.4 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 19 | 0.12 | 2.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 65% |
Adoption
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Language: Go · Rendering: ssr · Api routes: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-08-26 · 95% |