They are using the Iris framework, the one the Go community doesn't recommend to use due to numerous instances where the package author would rewrite the histor

They are using the Iris framework, the one the Go community doesn't recommend to use due to numerous instances where the package author would rewrite the history of the project. See [1][2]. [1] https://github.com/avelino/awesome-go/pull/1137 https://github.com/avelino/awesome-go/pull/1137 [2] http://www.florinpatan.ro/2016/10/why-you-should-not-use-iris-for-your-go.html http://www.florinpatan.ro/2016/10/why-you-should-not-use-iri... Besides, you don't really need a framework to develop programs for the Web in Go. It would be interesting to see this comparison with only `net/http` from the stdlib. EDIT: Apparently this post is also written by the author of Iris. I would be doubly careful.