When comparing Mango vs Go-rest, the Slant community recommends Go-rest for most people. In the question“What are the best web frameworks for Go?” Go-rest is ranked 14th while Mango is ranked 20th. The most important reason people chose Go-rest is:
The API is a small as it gets with only 3 methods `HandleGET`, `HandlePOST` and `RunServer`. Making it rather easy to learn just for that fact.
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Pros
Pro Modular
Mango is very modular. You get to choose which libraries to include in your project.
Pro Easy to learn
The API is a small as it gets with only 3 methods HandleGET
, HandlePOST
and RunServer
. Making it rather easy to learn just for that fact.
Cons
Con Abandoned
Last commit on Github was on 2013.
Con Not very active
Latest commit was September 2015. Plus, there doesn't seem like there's much of a community surrounding it. Which results in fewer resources (guides or libraries) and a higher risk of Go-rest being abandoned one day.