# Echo

> MIT high-performance minimalist Go web framework

**Category:** Libraries  
**Pricing:** open-source  
**URL:** https://echo.labstack.com  
**GitHub:** https://github.com/labstack/echo  
**Added:** 2026-10-18

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## The Hook

Echo is a minimalist Go web framework built on the standard net/http package: a fast router, request binding and validation, middleware and central error handling for APIs and web apps.

## What's Good

MIT (labstack/echo), release v5.4.0 (2026-09-27), around since 2015, with v5 the current line. Radix-tree routing, route groups with middleware at any level, binding for JSON, XML and forms, and a deep middleware ecosystem. Works with standard handlers through echo.WrapHandler. ★~32.8k.

## The Catch

v5 brought breaking changes, so older tutorials target v4. With Go 1.22 and later the standard library router covers many simple cases. Gin has a larger ecosystem.

## Verdict

A clean, well-maintained choice for Go HTTP APIs.