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Gsxui

Shares rank 4 of 6 template engines by recommenders

A Go template and component library that aims to fix ergonomics problems people had with templ, and some report using it in production.

A Go template and component library that aims to fix ergonomics problems people had with templ, and some report using it in production.

5 people gave an opinion

recommend it
5
criticize it
0
approval share
100%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 2 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not 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.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • Fixes templ's ergonomics problems

    “I also tried solving the all the ergonomics problem I saw when using templ”

    Comment from 4 Jul 2026 in “Gsx: JSX-Like Template for Go”

    “gsx is born out of my ergonomics desire from templ”

    Comment from 24 Jul 2026 in “Gsxui – Shadcn-style components for Go”
  • Used in production Go applications

    “After writing a few large production applications in it. I decided to create gsx”

    Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “How I use HTMX with Go”

    “I already ported my production app - enterprise customer to it”

    Comment from 24 Jul 2026 in “Gsxui – Shadcn-style components for Go”

Other template engines people recommend

The four most recommended other template engines, 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.

Gsxui compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
Jinja14767%7—Approved
Templ9375%4——
ASP.NET Razor8189%5——
GsxuiThis page50100%2——
Pug template engine5271%4——
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What people said

9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“was looking for go based frontend options for local data heavy dashboard usecase, this seems perfect.”

RecommendsComment from 25 Jul 2026 in “Gsxui – Shadcn-style components for Go”

“I already ported my production app - enterprise customer to it”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jul 2026 in “Gsxui – Shadcn-style components for Go”

“gsxui is similar to templui, but makes bundling possible”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jul 2026 in “Gsxui – Shadcn-style components for Go”

“gsx is born out of my ergonomics desire from templ”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jul 2026 in “Gsxui – Shadcn-style components for Go”

“The dev experience you'll want.”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jul 2026 in “Gsxui – Shadcn-style components for Go”

“I don’t understand why it depends on the node ecosystem.”

MixedComment from 24 Jul 2026 in “Gsxui – Shadcn-style components for Go”

“After writing a few large production applications in it. I decided to create gsx”

RecommendsComment from 15 Jul 2026 in “How I use HTMX with Go”

“I also tried solving the all the ergonomics problem I saw when using templ”

RecommendsComment from 4 Jul 2026 in “Gsx: JSX-Like Template for Go”

“I built gsx because I got tired of the same routine every day”

RecommendsComment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Gsx – Session manager for Ghostty terminal”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.