Automated ranking

Best Go Rate Limiting Libraries

Compare go rate limiting libraries by maintenance, adoption, security, release activity, and Go ecosystem usage. Top packages in this group include httprate, go-limiter, Limiter.

Best overall

httprate

Highest combined package health score.

Best maintained

go-limiter

Strongest maintenance signal in this category.

Most adopted

httprate

Highest adoption signal from stars, forks, and imported-by data.

Ranked Packages

4 packages

#1 httprate

net/http rate limiter middleware

Go Rate Limiting Libraries 462 stars 256 imported-by 95% confidence

#2 go-limiter

Package limiter defines rate limiting systems.

Go Rate Limiting Libraries 0 stars 66 imported-by 75% confidence

#3 Limiter

Dead simple rate limit middleware for Go.

Go Rate Limiting Libraries 0 stars 449 imported-by 80% confidence

#4 ratelimit

Go Rate Limiting Libraries 0 stars 0 imported-by 40% confidence

Comparison Matrix

score dimensions

Package	Health	Maintenance	Adoption	Security	Imported by
httprate	81	61	97	92	256
go-limiter	63	63	31	92	66
Limiter	52	15	52	92	449
ratelimit	41	48	5	70	0