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golang go

The Go programming language

Stars

137,491

Popular Active

Forks

19,339

Watchers: 137,491

Language

Go

License: BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License

Repository Radar Score

63 / 100

Growth

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Last observed: 6 days ago

Score breakdown

  • popularity 96
  • growth 0
  • activity 90
  • freshness 100
  • community 64

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The Go Programming Language

Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software.

Gopher image Gopher image by Renee French, licensed under Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution license.

Our canonical Git repository is located at https://go.googlesource.com/go. There is a mirror of the repository at https://github.com/golang/go.

Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed under the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file.

Download and Install

Binary Distributions

Official binary distributions are available at https://go.dev/dl/.

After downloading a binary release, visit https://go.dev/doc/install for installation instructions.

Install From Source

If a binary distribution is not available for your combination of operating system and architecture, visit https://go.dev/doc/install/source for source installation instructions.

Contributing

Go is the work of thousands of contributors. We appreciate your help!

To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines at https://go.dev/doc/contribute.

Note that the Go project uses the issue tracker for bug reports and proposals only. See https://go.dev/wiki/Questions for a list of places to ask questions about the Go language.

Created: Aug 19, 2014

Last push: Sep 3, 2026

Default branch: master

Languages

Share of the codebase by language, based on repository metadata from the host.

  • Go 90.3%
  • Assembly 5.1%
  • HTML 4.2%
  • C 0.2%
  • Shell 0.1%
  • Perl 0.1%
  • Python 0.0%
  • JavaScript 0.0%
  • Batchfile 0.0%
  • Dockerfile 0.0%
  • Makefile 0.0%
  • Awk 0.0%

Repository Radar analysis

Deterministic insights derived from public metadata and our observations — not personal testing or reviews.

Why this repository is interesting

  • High absolute popularity (137,491 stars) signals broad adoption.
  • Maintained recently (last push 2 weeks ago).

Who should use it

  • Developers working primarily with Go

Potential use cases

  • Reference or evaluate Go open-source approaches in this domain

Strengths

  • Recent repository activity
  • README present in our index
  • Declared license: BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
  • Substantial fork count (19,339) suggests reuse and contribution interest

Limitations / considerations

  • Insights are derived from public metadata and our observations — not a substitute for code review

What to watch

  • Re-check last push, issues, and releases on GitHub before production adoption

Strong signals: Strong community interest · Active maintenance

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