Lightweight middleware chaining library for Go's net/http package with type safety and minimal dependencies.
MuxChain is a lightweight Go package that provides middleware chaining capabilities for the standard net/http library. It solves the problem of cleanly composing multiple HTTP handlers and middleware layers while maintaining type safety and avoiding large dependencies that often come with full-featured web frameworks.
Go developers building HTTP servers who want clean middleware composition without adopting a full web framework, particularly those who prefer working directly with net/http but need better middleware organization.
Developers choose MuxChain because it provides elegant middleware chaining with minimal overhead, preserves Go's type system integrity, and integrates seamlessly with the standard net/http patterns they already know.
Lightweight Middleware for net/http
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As emphasized in the README, it's a 'small package' that avoids 'introducing large dependencies,' keeping the project lightweight and easy to manage.
Maintains Go's type system integrity by avoiding interface{} or reflection-based approaches, ensuring compile-time checks and reducing runtime errors.
Designed to complement the standard library, it works directly with net/http handlers, as shown in the example using http.ListenAndServe with muxchain.Default.
Provides a clean way to compose handlers with explicit execution order, demonstrated by the Chain function in the README for layering logger, gzip, and echo handlers.
Focuses solely on middleware chaining and basic pattern matching, lacking advanced routing or pre-built middleware, forcing developers to implement common functionality from scratch.
The README offers only a basic example; for complex use cases, users may need to rely on source code exploration or external resources, which can slow down adoption.
No included middleware like logging or compression; as seen in the example, developers must source or create handlers like logger and gzipHandler independently.