# chi

Router for building Go HTTP services.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/chi/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-24
Listed since: 2026-10-24

## Record

### Links

- home: https://go-chi.io
- repository: https://github.com/go-chi/chi
- docs: https://go-chi.io

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Peter Kieltyka
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: library
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: go get

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 22992
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 170
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://go-chi.io/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://go-chi.io/pages/getting_started.md (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/go-chi/chi (read 2026-10-24)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/go-chi/chi/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-24)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/go-chi/chi (read 2026-10-24)
- runtime: https://github.com/go-chi/chi/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- category: https://github.com/go-chi/chi/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- installMethod: https://github.com/go-chi/chi/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/go-chi/chi/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-24)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/go-chi/chi/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-24)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/go-chi/chi/releases (read 2026-10-24)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/go-chi/chi/releases (read 2026-10-24)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/go-chi/chi/releases (read 2026-10-24)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/go-chi/chi (read 2026-10-24)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/go-chi/chi/contributors (read 2026-10-24)

## Notes

chi is a router for building Go HTTP services, and the README states that it is built on Go's context package. It is added to a Go module with `go get`, and the documentation site is built from markdown files that the project publishes. The copyright line of its MIT-licensed source names Peter Kieltyka.

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