Gem vs Revel

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Revel

A high productivity, full-stack web framework for the Go language. (by revel)

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Gem		Revel
	Project
-	Mentions	5
0	Stars	13,080
-	Growth	0.1%
0.0	Activity	0.0
-	Latest Commit	6 months ago
Go	Language	Go
-	License	MIT License

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Gem

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

Revel

Posts with mentions or reviews of Revel. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-11.

Elixir or golang which wiil be good for large websocket connections.
3 projects | /r/elixir | 11 May 2023

Closest spiritual competitor to Phoenix I’m aware of in Go world is Revel (https://revel.github.io/) and it’s still at a stiff feature disadvantage.
Why hasn't rails come to JS/GO
2 projects | /r/ruby | 5 May 2023

When I googled and looked around, there are a few web frameworks for Go. Some of the ones that looked the most "cmoplete" or similar to Rails -- from my googling without really knowing the details -- were revel, gorilla, and beego. Although it looks like gorilla is no longer developed.
Most Popular GoLang Frameworks
13 projects | dev.to | 20 Sep 2022

Website: http://revel.github.io
Best Golang Web Framework for Larg Projects
4 projects | dev.to | 8 Mar 2021

revel
Any way of reducing the verbosity at the web development with Go?
3 projects | /r/golang | 11 Jan 2021

Of course there are options that make your work a lot less frustrating. From your choice of tools, you're probably trying to setup your architecture yourself but if that's not a necessity for you, you can tap into community frameworks that have basic features wired. There is Revel https://github.com/revel/revel A Rails alternative in Go.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Gem and Revel you can also consider the following projects:

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

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.

gongular - A different approach to Go web frameworks

Fiber - ⚡️ Express inspired web framework written in Go

Echo - High performance, minimalist Go web framework

mux - A powerful HTTP router and URL matcher for building Go web servers with 🦍

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:

pat

Buffalo - Rapid Web Development w/ Go

REST Layer - REST Layer, Go (golang) REST API framework