Gin web framework for Go
Shares rank 33 of 63 web frameworks by recommenders
Go web framework people pick for its larger community and idiomatic Go style. Critics point to technical debt and non-idiomatic error handling.
Go web framework people pick for its larger community and idiomatic Go style. Critics point to technical debt and non-idiomatic error handling.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Error handling and technical debt
“the default handlers don't return the error type, which means error handling and HTTP status tracking get tricky and non-idiomatic”
Comment from 1 Jul 2026 in “Building Gin: Simple over Easy” “The Gin ecosystem in particular has accumulated a lot of technical debt and footguns”
Comment from 15 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)”
Other web frameworks people recommend
The four most recommended other web frameworks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby on Rails | 337 | 145 | 70% | 12 | 14 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Django | 277 | 97 | 74% | 12 | 15 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Next.js | 127 | 256 | 33% | 12 | 3 yrs6 owners | — |
| Phoenix Framework | 85 | 11 | 89% | 12 | 8 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| Gin web framework for GoThis page | 8 | 4 | 67% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the default handlers don't return the error type, which means error handling and HTTP status tracking get tricky and non-idiomatic”
“making some better technical tradeoffs that were more idiomatic for Go”
“Plenty of people who struggle with alcohol and who would benefit of not being reminded of it at work too.”
“Changed my career and allowed me to meet a lot of interesting people.”
“Golang with Gin, on the other hand, is surprisingly hard to cripple in the same way.”
“you can achieve the same thing using struct binding in gin”
“I go with gin because it has larger community and support!”
“The Gin ecosystem in particular has accumulated a lot of technical debt and footguns”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.