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Fiber
Express-inspired web framework built on Fasthttp, the fastest HTTP engine for Go
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Scalability
very high
Performance
very high
Learning Curve
easy
Maturity
stable
Languages: Go
Architecture: http-framework, fasthttp
When to Use
- +High-performance APIs
- +Express developers moving to Go
- +Real-time services
When Not to Use
- -net/http compatibility needed
- -Complex middleware chains
- -Enterprise standards
Strengths
- 35k+ stars
- Blazing fast
- Express-like API
- Low memory usage
- Great DX
Weaknesses
- Fasthttp limitations
- Not net/http compatible
- Younger than Gin
Operations
Maintenance
low
Monitoring
low
Backup/Recovery
simple
Hosting: self-hosted, cloud
Quick Facts
- Category
- Backend Framework
- License
- open source
- Pricing
- free (free tier)
- Community
- large
- Docs Quality
- excellent
- Trend
- rapidly growing
- Vendor Lock-in
- none
- Data Portability
- easy
Compliance
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
PCI-DSS
Encryption
Audit Logs
RBAC
MFA
Best For
startupsmallmediumlarge
Use Cases
- APIs
- Microservices
- Real-time apps
- High-performance services
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