Gorilla is a web toolkit for the Go programming language. Currently these packages are available:

• gorilla/mux is a powerful URL router and dispatcher.
• gorilla/reverse produces reversible regular expressions for regexp-based muxes.
• gorilla/rpc implements RPC over HTTP with codec for JSON-RPC.
• gorilla/schema converts form values to a struct.
• gorilla/securecookie encodes and decodes authenticated and optionally encrypted cookie values.
• gorilla/sessions saves cookie and filesystem sessions and allows custom session backends.
• gorilla/websocket implements the WebSocket protocol defined in RFC 6455.
• gorilla/csrf provides Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) prevention middleware.
• gorilla/handlers is a collection of useful handlers for Go's net/http package.

Installation

Run "go get" pointing to a package. For example, to install gorilla/mux:

$ go get github.com/gorilla/mux

Or clone a repository and use the source code directly:

$ git clone git://github.com/gorilla/mux.git

For Google App Engine, create a directory tree inside your app and clone the repository there:

$ cd myapp
$ mkdir -p github.com/gorilla
$ cd github.com/gorilla
$ git clone git://github.com/gorilla/mux.git

Community

Join the gorilla-web mailing list.

FAQ

Q: Is Gorilla a framework?
A: No, it is a toolkit. Just use what you need with your favorite framework or the http package.

Q: Why the name Gorilla?
A: Because it starts with "Go". Also, we want to raise awareness about endangered primates.

Q: Can I buy a fluffy toy of that tiny cute gorilla from your logo?
A: Not yet.

Testimonials

"Gorilla is fresh and tidy. It's like wearing recently washed underpants." -- Geekoid, on Hacker News

"I wish Gorilla was written in Haskell." -- Rasmus Jørgensen, Haskell developer

"Come on... what's next? Goldfish? Goat? Goose?!?" -- AnonymousCoward, on Reddit

License

Gorilla is licensed under the New BSD License.