Fractal vs REST Layer

Fractal

Output complex, flexible, AJAX/RESTful data structures. (by thephpleague)

Data Structure and Storage

Source Code

fractal.thephpleague.com

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REST Layer

REST Layer, Go (golang) REST API framework (by rs)

Web Frameworks API REST-API GraphQL Framework Go api-server api-documentation storage-backend json-schema schema-fields

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rest-layer.io

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Fractal		REST Layer
	Project
4	Mentions	1
3,511	Stars	1,246
0.3%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
about 1 month ago	Latest Commit	over 2 years ago
PHP	Language	Go
MIT License	License	MIT License

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Fractal

Posts with mentions or reviews of Fractal. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-11.

Coming from PHP, looking for Go equivalent of PHPLeague's Fractal
3 projects | /r/golang | 11 Nov 2021

So, I've been developing in PHP for quite some time and have recently made my transition to Go. I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to get similar feature sets of https://fractal.thephpleague.com.
Best way of removing data from api response.
1 project | /r/laravel | 3 Jul 2021

I have had luck utilizing Fractal Basically it is what you are asking for, you create a rule and transform the data
Aprende eloquent con ejemplos!!! - Lección 3: Modelos, Tinker y Base de datos heredadas
1 project | dev.to | 25 Apr 2021
Why PHP is a fantastic language to program in
6 projects | /r/PHP | 6 Apr 2021

BTW if more of us started implementing at least some of the json:api standard things would go a lot better. Fractal works well with this resource-centric thinking, as does the repository pattern.

REST Layer

Posts with mentions or reviews of REST Layer. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-11.

Coming from PHP, looking for Go equivalent of PHPLeague's Fractal
3 projects | /r/golang | 11 Nov 2021

Sounds like you might be looking for this thing I just found: https://github.com/rs/rest-layer

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Fractal and REST Layer you can also consider the following projects:

Serializer - Library for (de-)serializing data of any complexity (supports JSON, and XML)

Iris - The fastest HTTP/2 Go Web Framework. New, modern and easy to learn. Fast development with Code you control. Unbeatable cost-performance ratio :rocket:

YaLinqo - Yet Another LINQ to Objects for PHP [Simplified BSD]

goa - 🌟 Goa: Elevate Go API development! 🚀 Streamlined design, automatic code generation, and seamless HTTP/gRPC support. ✨

PHP Collections - General Purpose Collection Library for PHP

Beego - beego is an open-source, high-performance web framework for the Go programming language.

JsonMapper - Map nested JSON structures onto PHP classes

go-kit - A standard library for microservices.

Collections

Gin - Gin is a HTTP web framework written in Go (Golang). It features a Martini-like API with much better performance -- up to 40 times faster. If you need smashing performance, get yourself some Gin.

Zend Serializer

go-server-timing - Go (golang) library for creating and consuming HTTP Server-Timing headers