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.

Independently observed

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.

Core
Rendering model
Server-side
File-based routing
-
Language
Go
Rendering
Server components
-
Streaming SSR
-
Fullstack
Built-in API / backend routes
DX
First-class TypeScript
-
Fast refresh / HMR
-
Deployment
Edge runtime support
-
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Deployment
  • 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.

All Gin alternatives, ranked →

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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.

Balanced composite 49 / 100
medium · 68%updating
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Dependent projects790.086.3
Release cadence590.074.0
Security score600.053.2
Stars930.033.1
Capabilities290.082.4
Development activity190.122.3
Integrations00.050.0-
Security posture00.090.0-
Package downloads00.170.0-
Developer Q&A activity00.080.0-

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

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d3mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars89,116highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%
Dependent repos55,159highsource · 2026-08-26 · 85%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesLanguage: Go · Rendering: ssr · Api routes: Yesmediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryGohighsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxMIThighsource · 2026-08-26 · 95%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Modelopen_sourcemediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60%
Price levelfreemediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60%
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days73mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 70%
History20 itemsmediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 70%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Scorecard6highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%
VulnerabilitiesCount: 5 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgin-gonic%2Fgin&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICALhighsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%