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Fiber
Express-inspired web framework built on Fasthttp for Go
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Scalability
very high
Performance
very high
Learning Curve
easy
Maturity
stable
Languages: Go
Architecture: microservices, api
When to Use
- +Express familiarity
- +High performance needed
When Not to Use
- -Need net/http compatibility
Strengths
- Very fast
- Express-like API
- Low memory
- WebSocket support
Weaknesses
- Fasthttp limitations
- Newer framework
Operations
Maintenance
low
Monitoring
low
Backup/Recovery
simple
Hosting: self-hosted, cloud, container
Quick Facts
- Category
- Backend Framework
- License
- open source
- Pricing
- free (free tier)
- Community
- medium
- Docs Quality
- good
- Trend
- growing
- Vendor Lock-in
- none
- Data Portability
- easy
Compliance
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
PCI-DSS
Encryption
Audit Logs
RBAC
MFA
Best For
startupsmallmedium
Use Cases
- REST APIs
- Real-time apps
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