Go HTTP routing / web server routing
gorilla/mux is a Go HTTP request router and URL matcher that implements net/http.Handler, used for building web servers with conditions like path, host, method, and query matching.
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
Full-featured Go web framework with routing, middleware, and rendering; use when you want a batteries-included framework rather than just a router.
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.
High-performance Go web framework with routing and middleware; choose when you want a minimalist framework with an API different from mux.
High performance, minimalist Go web framework
An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.
Higher raw routing performance with a radix tree and minimal API, but lacks mux's regex/host matching and has had no pushes for over 2 years.
A high performance HTTP request router that scales well
These projects were analysed and named mux among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how mux rates them is a separate judgement, made when mux is analysed in its own right.
calls mux “Older, narrower HTTP router for net/http; use when you need a simple, widely-deployed router without framework features.”
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.
calls mux “a mature but stale router-only library; choose when you just need a powerful URL matcher and want to stay close to net/http, but it has no recent releases.”
High performance, minimalist Go web framework
calls mux “Choose for a mature, feature-rich stdlib-compatible router with route grouping and regex patterns, but note it is largely unmaintained.”
lightweight, idiomatic and composable router for building Go HTTP services
calls mux “choose when you need complex route matching (regex, domains, schemes) and can accept slower matching and stale maintenance.”
A high performance HTTP request router that scales well