awesome-go/README.md

# Awesome Go

A curated list of awesome Go frameworks, libraries and software. Inspired by [awesome-python](https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python).


- [Awesome Go](#awesome-go)
    - [Web Frameworks](#web-frameworks)
    - [Template Engine](#template-engine)
    - [Authentication and OAuth](#authentication-and-oauth)
    - [Database](#database)
    - [Database Drivers](#database-drivers)
    - [Imagery](#imagery)
    - [Parsers](#parsers)
    - [Testing](#testing)
- [Resources](#resources)
    - [Websites](#websites)
    - [(e)Books](#ebooks)

## Web Frameworks

*Full stack web frameworks.*

* [Martini](http://martini.codegangsta.io/) - Martini is a powerful package for quickly writing modular web applications/services in Golang.
* [Gorilla](http://www.gorillatoolkit.org/) - Gorilla is a web toolkit for the Go programming language.
* [Gin](http://gin-gonic.github.io/gin/) - Gin is a web framework written in Go! It features a martini-like API with much better performance, up to 40 times faster. If you need performance and good productivity.
* [Goji](https://goji.io) - Goji is a minimalistic web framework for Golang that's high in antioxidants.
* [web.go](http://webgo.io/) - A simple framework to write webapps in Go.
* [pat](https://github.com/bmizerany/pat) - Sinatra style pattern muxer for Go’s net/http library, by the author of Sinatra.
* [Revel](http://revel.github.io/) - A high-productivity web framework for the Go language.
* [Beego](http://beego.me/) - beego is an open-source, high-performance web framework for the Go programming language.
* [traffic](https://github.com/pilu/traffic) - Sinatra inspired regexp/pattern mux and web framework for Go.


## Template Engine

*Libraries and tools for templating and lexing.*

* [mustache](https://github.com/hoisie/mustache) - A Go implementation of the Mustache template language.
* [kasia.go](https://github.com/ziutek/kasia.go) - Templating system for HTML and other text documents - go implementation.
* [gold](https://github.com/yosssi/gold) - Gold is a template engine for Go. This simplifies HTML coding in Go web application development. This is influenced by Slim and Jade.
* [Razor](https://github.com/sipin/gorazor) - Razor view engine for Golang.


## Authentication and OAuth

*Libraries for implementing authentications schemes.*

* [goauth](http://alloy-d.net/goauth/) - A Go library for doing header-based OAuth over HTTP or HTTPS. Mostly created for working with Twitter.


## Database

*Databases implemented in Go.*

* [tiedot](https://github.com/HouzuoGuo/tiedot) - Your NoSQL database powered by Golang.
* [diskv](https://github.com/peterbourgon/diskv) - A home-grown disk-backed key-value store.
* [bolt](https://github.com/boltdb/bolt) - A low-level key/value database for Go.
* [go-cache](https://github.com/pmylund/go-cache) - An in-memory key:value store/cache (similar to Memcached) library for Go, suitable for single-machine applications.

## Database Drivers

*Libraties for connecting and operating databases.*

* Relational Databases
    * [pq](https://github.com/lib/pq) - Pure Go Postgres driver for database/sql.
    * [go-pgsql](https://github.com/lxn/go-pgsql) - A PostgreSQL client package for the Go Programming Language.
    * [GoMySQL](https://github.com/Philio/GoMySQL) - A quite complete threadsafe MySQL client library written in Go.
* NoSQL Databases
    * [mgo](http://labix.org/mgo) - MongoDB driver for the Go language that implements a rich and well tested selection of features under a very simple API following standard Go idioms.
    * [redis](https://github.com/hoisie/redis) - A simple, powerful Redis client for Go.
    * [Neo4j-GO](https://github.com/davemeehan/Neo4j-GO) - Neo4j REST Client in golang.
    * [gocouch](https://github.com/hoisie/gocouch) - Couchdb client for Go


## Imagery

*Libraries for manipulating images.*

* [img](https://github.com/hawx/img) - A selection of image manipulation tools.
* [svgo](https://github.com/ajstarks/svgo) - Go Language Library for SVG generation.
* [resize](https://github.com/nfnt/resize) - Image resizing for the Go with common interpolation methods.


## Parsers

* [go-pkg-xmlx](https://github.com/jteeuwen/go-pkg-xmlx) - Extension to the standard Go XML package. Maintains a node tree that allows forward/backwards browsing and exposes some simple single/multi-node search functions.
* [go-pkg-rss](https://github.com/jteeuwen/go-pkg-rss) - This package reads RSS and Atom feeds and provides a caching mechanism that adheres to the feed specs.


## Testing

* [gocheck](http://labix.org/gocheck) - A more advanced testing framework alternative to gotest.
* [GoSpec](https://github.com/orfjackal/gospec) - BDD-style testing framework for the Go programming language.
* [gospecify](https://github.com/stesla/gospecify) - This provides a BDD syntax for testing your Go code. It should be familiar to anybody who has used libraries such as rspec.
* [gomock](https://code.google.com/p/gomock/) - Mocking framework for the Go programming language.
* [mockhttp.go](https://github.com/tv42/mockhttp.go) - Mock object for Go http.ResponseWriter
* [assert](https://github.com/bmizerany/assert) - Asserts to Go testing
* [Hamcrest](https://github.com/rdrdr/hamcrest) - fluent framework for declarative Matcher objects that, when applied to input values, produce self-describing results.


# Resources

Where to discover new Go libraries.

## Websites

* [r/Golang](http://www.reddit.com/r/golang) - News about Go.
* [Trending Go repositories on GitHub today](https://github.com/trending?l=go) - Good place to find new Go libraries.
* [Flipboard - Go Magazine](https://flipboard.com/section/the-golang-magazine-bVP7nS) - A collection of Go articles and tutorials.

## (e)Books

* [golang-book](http://www.golang-book.com/)