Echo

High performance, extensible, minimalist Go web framework.

Feature Overview

Optimized HTTP router which smartly prioritize routes
Build robust and scalable RESTful APIs
Group APIs
Extensible middleware framework
Define middleware at root, group or route level
Data binding for JSON, XML and form payload
Handy functions to send variety of HTTP responses
Centralized HTTP error handling
Template rendering with any template engine
Define your format for the logger
Highly customizable
Automatic TLS via Let’s Encrypt
HTTP/2 support

Guide

Supported Echo versions

Latest major version of Echo is v5 as of 2026-01-18.
- Until 2026-03-31, any critical issues requiring breaking API changes will be addressed, even if this violates semantic versioning.
- See API_CHANGES_V5.md for public API changes between v4 and v5, notes on upgrading.
- If you are using Echo in a production environment, it is recommended to wait until after 2026-03-31 before upgrading.
Echo v4 is supported with security* updates and bug fixes until 2026-12-31

Installation

// go get github.com/labstack/echo/{version}
go get github.com/labstack/echo/v5

Latest version of Echo supports last four Go major releases and might work with older versions.

Example

package main

import (
  "github.com/labstack/echo/v5"
  "github.com/labstack/echo/v5/middleware"
  "log/slog"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  // Echo instance
  e := echo.New()

  // Middleware
  e.Use(middleware.RequestLogger()) // use the RequestLogger middleware with slog logger
  e.Use(middleware.Recover())       // recover panics as errors for proper error handling

  // Routes
  e.GET("/", hello)

  // Start server
  if err := e.Start(":8080"); err != nil {
    slog.Error("failed to start server", "error", err)
  }
}

// Handler
func hello(c *echo.Context) error {
  return c.String(http.StatusOK, "Hello, World!")
}

Official middleware repositories

Following list of middleware is maintained by Echo team.

Repository	Description
github.com/labstack/echo-jwt	JWT middleware
github.com/labstack/echo-contrib	casbin, gorilla/sessions, jaegertracing, prometheus, pprof, zipkin middlewares
github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry	OpenTelemetry middleware for tracing and metrics

Third-party middleware repositories

Be careful when adding 3rd party middleware. Echo teams does not have time or manpower to guarantee safety and quality of middlewares in this list.

Repository	Description
oapi-codegen/oapi-codegen	Automatically generate RESTful API documentation with OpenAPI Client and Server Code Generator
github.com/swaggo/echo-swagger	Automatically generate RESTful API documentation with Swagger 2.0.
github.com/ziflex/lecho	Zerolog logging library wrapper for Echo logger interface.
github.com/brpaz/echozap	Uber´s Zap logging library wrapper for Echo logger interface.
github.com/samber/slog-echo	Go slog logging library wrapper for Echo logger interface.
github.com/darkweak/souin/plugins/echo	HTTP cache system based on Souin to automatically get your endpoints cached. It supports some distributed and non-distributed storage systems depending your needs.
github.com/mikestefanello/pagoda	Rapid, easy full-stack web development starter kit built with Echo.
github.com/go-woo/protoc-gen-echo	ProtoBuf generate Echo server side code

Please send a PR to add your own library here.

Contribute

Use issues for everything

For a small change, just send a PR.
For bigger changes open an issue for discussion before sending a PR.
PR should have:
- Test case
- Documentation
- Example (If it makes sense)
You can also contribute by:
- Reporting issues
- Suggesting new features or enhancements
- Improve/fix documentation