> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://go-macaron.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://go-macaron.com/middlewares.md).

# Middlewares

Middlewares and helper modules allow you easily plugin/unplugin features for your Macaron applications.

There are already many [middlewares and modules](https://github.com/go-macaron) to simplify your work:

* [auth](https://github.com/go-macaron/auth) - HTTP Basic authentication
* [authz](https://github.com/go-macaron/authz) - ACL, RBAC and ABAC authorization based on [Casbin](https://github.com/casbin/casbin)
* [bindata](/middlewares/bindata.md) - Embed binary data as static and template files
* [binding](/middlewares/binding.md) - Request data binding and validation
* [cache](/middlewares/cache.md) - Cache manager
* [captcha](/middlewares/captcha.md) - Captcha service
* [csrf](/middlewares/csrf.md) - Generates and validates CSRF tokens
* [gzip](/middlewares/gzip.md) - Gzip compression to all responses
* [i18n](/middlewares/i18n.md) - Internationalization and Localization
* [inject](https://github.com/go-macaron/inject) - Map and inject dependencies
* [jade](https://github.com/go-macaron/jade) - Jade templating engine
* [method](https://github.com/go-macaron/method) - HTTP method override
* [oauth2](https://github.com/go-macaron/oauth2) - OAuth 2.0 backend client
* [permissions2](https://github.com/xyproto/permissions2) - Cookies, users and permissions
* [pongo2](https://github.com/go-macaron/pongo2) - Pongo2 template engine support
* [renders](https://github.com/go-macaron/renders) - Beego-like render engine (Macaron has built-in template engine, this is another option)
* [session](/middlewares/session.md) - Session manager
* [sockets](https://github.com/go-macaron/sockets) - WebSockets channels binding
* [switcher](/middlewares/switcher.md) - Multiple-site support
* [toolbox](https://github.com/go-macaron/toolbox) - Health check, pprof, profile and statistic services

## Best register order for middlewares

Some middlewares depends on others, here is a list for best ordering:

1. `macaron.Logger()`
2. `macaron.Recovery()`
3. `gzip.Gziper()`
4. `macaron.Static()`
5. `macaron.Renderer()`/`pongo2.Pongoer()`
6. `i18n.I18n()`
7. `cache.Cacher()`
8. `captcha.Captchaer()`
9. `session.Sessioner()`
10. `csrf.Csrfer()`
11. `toolbox.Toolboxer()`


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