Hey folks,
I’ve been working on a Go API framework called Zinc and I’m starting to look for contributors who might want to help shape it.
Repo:
https://github.com/0mjs/zinc
The project came out of a simple frustration: I love the developer experience of frameworks like Express or Fiber, but I didn’t want to abandon the Go standard library to get it.
Zinc exists because I wanted building APIs in Go to feel closer to the Express style of development:
simple routing
practical middleware
fast path from idea → running server
Frameworks like Fiber showed how approachable that style can be in Go. But Fiber achieves that by switching the entire stack to fasthttp, which means leaving behind the standard net/http ecosystem.
Zinc intentionally does not do that.
Instead it:
runs entirely on net/http
keeps standard request/response semantics
avoids framework-specific abstractions that lock you in
stays compatible with the huge Go middleware ecosystem
This might especially appeal to:
Retired TypeScript / Node engineers (now Go) who love Express or Fiber
Go developers who want a cleaner API framework DX
people who prefer stdlib-first Go architecture
folks interested in router internals, performance, or DX design
Some areas I’d love help with:
docs and examples
middleware ecosystem
cookbook additions
performance tuning
testing
DX improvements
community feedback on the API design
If you like the idea of Express-style DX without leaving the Go stdlib, I’d love to get some other eyes on the project.
Even feedback or criticism is useful.
Curious to hear what people think.
