Go web framework benchmarks: performance comparison
The fastest Go web framework in HttpArena is fiber-tuned, with a composite of 6462 on HTTP/1.1 — 3 of 93 against every language in its league. Measured over Alpha Round, every entry on the same machine. This is a tuned entry.
Compare any two Go entries profile by profile →
Every Go entry in the benchmark, compared on the composite score of each family. The composite sums a normalized score over the profiles of that family, where the leader of each profile scores 100, and scales the sum by the entry's completeness factor. Rank overall is the entry's place in its own league across all languages; rank among Go narrows the same field to this language. Both link through to the board view they were taken in. How the score works.
Composite scores compare directly across every row. Ranks do not always share a field: a tuned entry has no place in the standard-only ranking, so its rank is taken from the field that includes tuned entries and counts more of them.
HTTP/1.1
| Framework | Type | Composite | Rank overall | Rank among Go |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fiber-tuned | Flagship tuned | 6462 | 3 of 93 | 1 of 7 |
| fiber | Flagship | 5796 | 5 of 71 | 1 of 5 |
| go-fasthttp | Flagship | 3274 | 19 of 71 | 2 of 5 |
| echo | Flagship | 2330 | 32 of 71 | 3 of 5 |
| gin | Flagship | 2301 | 35 of 71 | 4 of 5 |
| chi | Flagship | 2242 | 36 of 71 | 5 of 5 |
| go-stdlib | Flagship tuned | 1912 | 57 of 93 | 7 of 7 |
| caddy | Infrastructure | 828 | 4 of 5 | — |
HTTP/2
| Framework | Type | Composite | Rank overall | Rank among Go |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| caddy | Infrastructure | 168 | 4 of 4 | — |
HTTP/3
| Framework | Type | Composite | Rank overall | Rank among Go |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| caddy | Infrastructure | 136 | 2 of 2 | — |
gRPC
| Framework | Type | Composite | Rank overall | Rank among Go |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| grpc-go | Emerging tuned | 445 | 6 of 8 | — |
WebSocket
| Framework | Type | Composite | Rank overall | Rank among Go |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| go-websocket | Emerging tuned | 257 | 23 of 25 | — |
Questions
What is the fastest Go web framework?
fiber-tuned leads the Go entries in HttpArena with a composite score of 6462 on HTTP/1.1, measured over Alpha Round. The composite sums a normalized score across the profiles of a family, where the leader of each profile scores 100. Against every language, fiber-tuned ranks 3 of 93 in its own league. It is a tuned entry, so it is ranked in the field that includes tuned configurations.
What is the fastest Go HTTP/2 server?
caddy, with a composite of 168 on HTTP/2 and 4 of 4 against all languages in its league.
What is the fastest Go HTTP/3 server?
caddy, with a composite of 136 on HTTP/3 and 2 of 2 against all languages in its league.
What is the fastest Go gRPC server?
grpc-go, with a composite of 445 on gRPC and 6 of 8 against all languages in its league.
What is the fastest Go WebSocket server?
go-websocket, with a composite of 257 on WebSocket and 23 of 25 against all languages in its league.
How many Go web frameworks are benchmarked?
10 Go entries are measured, covering HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, gRPC, WebSocket. Every one runs on the same machine, in the same round (Alpha Round), against the same profiles.
Is Go fast for web servers?
The quickest Go entry, fiber-tuned, places 3 of 93 on HTTP/1.1 across every language in its league, so that placing is the honest answer for Go at its best rather than for Go in general. The tables below show the spread across all 10 entries.
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