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24 alternatives to Ergo Framework

Actor based framework for creating microservices in Golang

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ergo Framework launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1ER
   Erlang REST framework▲96

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2GA
   Go Actor Model, fast distributed actors for Golang▲115

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3GM
   Go Micro – A distributed systems development framework▲115

   2020 · go-micro.dev · its alternatives →

4. 4GM
   Go Micro – A Go microservices development framework▲68

   2019 · go.micro.mu · its alternatives →

5. 5VF
   Visual flow-based programming for Erlang, inspired by Node-RED▲243

   Hi There, Erlang-RED has been my project for the last couple of months and I would love to get some feedback from the HN community. The idea is to take advantage of Erlangs message passing and low overhead processes to have true concurrency in Node-RED flows. Plus also to bring low-code visual flow-based programming to Erlang.

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6GK
   Go-kratos – Golang microservices framework▲10

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7AE
   Agents.erl (AI Agents in Erlang)▲33

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8CA
   Coerce – Actor runtime for Rust using async/await and tokio channels▲155

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Go Kratos▲12

   A Go framework for microservices.

   2021 · its alternatives →

10. 10HB
    htmgo - build simple and scalable systems with golang + htmx▲166

    Hey all, I just wanted to share a project I've been working on for the past month. After years of heavy frameworks, I really like the idea of using htmx, but it’s a little too low level for me and needs a thin layer above it to facilitate things like components, better syntax with complex JS inside of an attribute, etc To try and solve this problem with a very minimal stack (golang + htmx) that I've been really enjoying, I'm building this project to cater to my needs and was thinking it would be useful for other developers.

    2024 · htmgo.dev · its alternatives →

11. 11
    goa▲115

    A design driven approach for building microservices in Go

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12EG
    Encore – Go framework for building distributed systems▲182

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13GG
    Goyave – Golang Web Framework▲75

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14ET
    Easy to use, all-in-one microservice framework in Golang▲7

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15DG
    Dbdot – Golang tool to help generate Postgres schema diagrams▲119

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16AE
    An Example Microservice Back End for Kubernetes, Bazel, Go, Java, GRPC▲119

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17FJ
    Forgo.js – a 4kb React alternative based on plain JS and DOM APIs▲110

    2021 · forgojs.org · its alternatives →

18. 18CD
    Coerce – Distributed actor framework in Rust▲74

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19AN
    A new stdlib for Golang focusing on platform native support▲154

    No gc, No goroutines, Produces small binaries while using the unmodified official go toolchain, and comes with complete Web SDK (generated from w3c/webref). We are building `pcz` to provide a reimagination of Go the language, in an effort to make it suitable for all kinds of programming tasks, and currently you can use it to build efficient web applications in Go using the generated Web SDK (as shown with the live web demo[1]). The journey is just starting, any suggestions? or any critics? [1]: https://primecitizens.github.io/livedemos/10-plat-web/

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20MA
    Micro – A platform for cloud native development in Go▲44

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    go-zero▲69

    A web & rpc framework written in Go

    2022 · its alternatives →

22. 22GA
    Gonzo – A Go-based TUI for log analysis (OpenTelemetry/OTLP support)▲74

    We built Gonzo to make log analysis faster and friendlier in the terminal. Think of it like k9s for logs — a TUI that can ingest JSON, text, or OpenTelemetry (OTLP) logs, highlight and boil up patterns, and even run AI models locally or via API to summarize logs. We’re still iterating, so ideas and contributions are welcome!

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23ES
    Erlang's Gen-Fsm in Go▲5

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24CE
    Compile Erlang to WASM and run as HTTP/incoming-handler▲32

    Hello! This is the most useless thing I did in quite some time, but it was fun. Compile erlang (actually BEAM) to wasm, statically link with a small http wrapper and run as a request handler under wasmtime. This is not very practical as of now and you better just compile atomvm and statically link it with erlang payload if you really need to run erlang on the edge node (you don't). When (if) typed continuations become a thing, this should also allow for erlang actor model.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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