Sponge

Judgement

What it is

Framework or platform

What it does

A Go framework and code generator that scaffolds web and gRPC services from SQL tables or protobuf definitions, with Gin, GORM and common middleware.

Adopt it when

You build many CRUD-style Go back-end services and want them generated from your database schema.

Watch out

Mostly one maintainer, no pushes since December 2025, and generated code ties you to its conventions.

Ready for

Usable

Runs as

Command line and library

Built with

Go, Gin, GORM and gRPC

How established

Established: started 4 years ago, latest release v1.16.1.

What the license allows

You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: Sponge → Go → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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