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Gin vs Echo vs Fiber
A side-by-side look at how actively Gin, Echo and Fiber are developed on GitHub — popularity, contributor base, commit activity and how quickly issues and pull requests move.
What the numbers say
- Gin is the most-starred of the 3, with 89k stars — about 2.7× Echo's 33k.
- Over the 52 weeks to the snapshot, Fiber recorded the most commits (2.8k), against 124 for Gin.
- Fiber has closed or merged the most pull requests in its lifetime: 2.9k.
- Relative to its popularity, Echo carries the lightest open-issue load: 0.3 open issues per 1,000 stars, versus 6.8 for Gin.
Head-to-head
Snapshot taken 30 September 2026.
| Metric | Gin Active | Echo Active | Fiber Active |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 89k | 33k | 40k |
| Forks | 8.7k | 3.7k | 2.0k |
| Contributors | 541 | 342 | 490 |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 124 | 154 | 2.8k |
| Open issues | 603 | 9 | 20 |
| Open pull requests | 176 | 39 | 9 |
| Closed / merged PRs | 2.2k | 1.2k | 2.9k |
| Watchers | 1.4k | 530 | 285 |
| Last push | 29 Sep 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Latest release | v1.12.0 (Feb 2026) | v5.4.0 (Sep 2026) | v3.5.0 (Aug 2026) |
| Main language | Go | Go | Go |
| Licence | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Created | Jun 2014 | Mar 2015 | Jan 2020 |
Bold marks the highest value in a row. “Active / Slowing / Dormant” is a simple heuristic from how recently code was pushed and open issues per star — a starting point, not a verdict. Stars measure popularity, not quality.
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