Lokstra

Modern Go Web Framework with Declarative Service Management

Documentation • Quick Start • Features • Examples

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What is Lokstra?

Lokstra is a versatile Go web framework that works in two ways:

🎯 As a Router (Like Echo, Gin, Chi)

Use Lokstra as a fast, flexible HTTP router with elegant middleware support.

r := lokstra.NewRouter("api")
r.GET("/", func() string {
    return "Hello, Lokstra!"
})
app := lokstra.NewApp("hello", ":3000", r)
app.Run(30 * time.Second)

🏗️ As a Framework (Like NestJS, Spring Boot)

Leverage lazy dependency injection, auto-generated routers, and configuration-driven deployment.

// Type-safe lazy DI
var userService = service.LazyLoad[*UserService]("user-service")

func handler() {
    users := userService.MustGet().GetAll()
}

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Quick Start

🚀 Using Lokstra CLI (Recommended)

1. Install CLI:

go install github.com/primadi/lokstra/cmd/lokstra@latest

2. Create Project:

# Interactive template selection
lokstra new myapp

# Or choose specific template
lokstra new blog-api -template 02_app_framework/01_medium_system

3. Run:

cd myapp
go run .

Done! Your app is running with routes already set up.

📦 Using as Library

go get github.com/primadi/lokstra

package main

import "github.com/primadi/lokstra"

func main() {
    r := lokstra.NewRouter("api")
    r.GET("/", func() string {
        return "Hello, Lokstra!"
    })
    
    app := lokstra.NewApp("hello", ":3000", r)
    app.Run(30 * time.Second)
}

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Features

⚡ Lokstra CLI

• 📦 6+ Production Templates - Router patterns & enterprise frameworks
• 🔧 Auto-fix Imports - No manual configuration needed
• 🚀 Code Generation - Built-in autogen command for annotation-based templates
• 🌐 Always Updated - Templates downloaded from GitHub

lokstra new myapp                           # Interactive
lokstra new myapp -template 01_router/...   # Specific template
lokstra autogen ./myproject                 # Generate code

🎯 Lazy Dependency Injection

Type-safe service loading with zero overhead:

var db = service.LazyLoad[*Database]("database")
users := db.MustGet().GetAll()  // Loaded once, cached forever

🔄 Auto-Generated Routers

Generate REST APIs from service definitions:

service-definitions:
  user-service:
    type: user-service-factory

deployments:
  production:
    servers:
      api:
        published-services: [user-service]  # Auto-creates REST router!

🏗️ Flexible Deployment

One codebase, multiple topologies:

# Monolith
servers:
  all-in-one:
    published-services: [user-service, order-service]

# Microservices
servers:
  user-api:
    published-services: [user-service]
  order-api:
    published-services: [order-service]

📝 Type-Safe Request Binding

Automatic validation with struct tags:

type CreateUserParams struct {
    Name  string `json:"name" validate:"required"`
    Email string `json:"email" validate:"required,email"`
}

func createUser(ctx *request.Context, params *CreateUserParams) error {
    // params already validated!
    user := db.CreateUser(params.Name, params.Email)
    return ctx.Api.Ok(user)
}

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CLI Templates

Router Patterns

• 01_router/01_router_only - Pure routing basics
• 01_router/02_single_app - Production single app
• 01_router/03_multi_app - Multiple apps server

Framework Patterns

• 02_app_framework/01_medium_system - Domain-driven (2-10 entities)
• 02_app_framework/02_enterprise_modular - DDD with bounded contexts
• 02_app_framework/03_enterprise_router_service - Annotation-based enterprise

📖 View All Templates →

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Documentation

• 📘 Full Documentation - Complete guide
• 🤖 AI Agent Guide - For AI assistants (Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT)
• ⚡ Quick Reference - Cheatsheet for common patterns
• 🚀 Quick Start - Get started in 5 minutes
• 🎯 Router Guide - Use as router (like Echo/Gin)
• 🏗️ Framework Guide - Full framework (like NestJS)
• 💡 Examples - Working code samples
• 📚 API Reference - Technical docs
• ⚡ CLI Documentation - CLI tool usage

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Why Lokstra?

vs Traditional Routers (Echo, Gin, Chi)

✅ 29+ handler signatures - Ultimate flexibility
✅ Clean middleware - Easy to compose
✅ Type-safe DI - Optional, when you need it
✅ Auto-generated routes - From services

vs DI Frameworks (Fx, Wire, Dig)

✅ Type-safe - No any casting
✅ Zero reflection - In hot path
✅ Lazy loading - Memory efficient
✅ Optional config - Start with code, scale with YAML

vs Full Frameworks (NestJS, Spring Boot)

✅ Simpler - No decorators, no code generation required
✅ Flexible - Use as router OR framework
✅ Go-native - Idiomatic Go patterns
✅ Deployment agnostic - Monolith → microservices without code changes

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Project Structure

lokstra/
├── cmd/lokstra/              # CLI tool for scaffolding
├── core/                     # Core framework
│   ├── deploy/              # Deployment & config
│   ├── registry/            # Service registry
│   ├── request/             # Request handling
│   └── router/              # HTTP routing
├── project_templates/        # Project templates
│   ├── templates.json       # Template registry
│   ├── 01_router/          # Router patterns
│   └── 02_app_framework/   # Framework patterns
├── services/                # Built-in services
├── middleware/              # Standard middleware
└── docs/                    # Documentation site

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Community & Support

• 📖 Documentation
• 💡 Examples
• 🐛 Issues
• 🗺️ Roadmap

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License

Apache 2.0 License - see LICENSE file for details.

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