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One of the values in a framework, particularly in Go's case at the moment, is a curated set of libraries and middleware. Since this doesn't exist the cost/effort is high for people looking to enter. It is likely too high for many.

Put it another way, Django and Rails would never have gotten as popular were it not for their 'batteries included' approach. Sure, Sinatra and Flask came, but they came after.

IMV, Go needs a Django/Rails if it is going to be a webframework. If not, if Go is destined for the API layer, it is probably fine with what it has now.

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