Concrete guidance to decide whether to move a Node/Express codebase to Gin (Go) and how to execute that migration in phases with tests, data/API considerations, and rollback gates.
Discover the best projects built with Gin
What is Gin?
Gin is a fast HTTP web framework for Go, built for APIs and microservices. This gallery lists 450 open-source projects built with Gin, most of them in DevTools, APIs and Authentication, ranked by GitHub stars so the most-adopted repositories come first.
How projects are selected
Projects are public GitHub repositories found with the GitHub search query “topic:gin” and at least 20 stars. Each repository is checked against Gin’s languages and ecosystem before it is categorized, and stars, forks and last-commit dates come straight from the GitHub API, refreshed daily (current snapshot: October 6, 2026). Nothing here is paid placement.
Gin projects: FAQ
- How many open-source Gin projects are listed?
- 450 open-source projects built with Gin are listed, sourced from public GitHub repositories as of October 6, 2026.
- What is the most-starred Gin project on GitHub?
- ollama leads with 177,817 GitHub stars (177.8k), followed by alist with 50,265.
- What kinds of projects are built with Gin?
- The largest category is DevTools, with 220 projects (49% of the gallery), followed by APIs with 89. Projects span 14 categories in total.
- Which license do most Gin projects use?
- MIT is the most common license, used by 226 of 450 projects (50%); Apache-2.0 is next with 80. 112 projects declare no recognized license.
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