# borgo-lang/borgo

Borgo is a statically typed language that compiles to Go.

Repository: https://github.com/borgo-lang/borgo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/borgo
Homepage: https://borgo-lang.github.io
Language: Rust
License Family: other
Topics: compiler, golang, programming-language, rust-lang
Last push: 2024-10-27T10:07:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 31/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 92
- inputs: {"age_days": 1293, "days_push": 675, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4639, forks 66 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:55.478352+00:00)

## What it is
Borgo is a statically typed programming language with Rust-inspired syntax that transpiles to readable Go code. It offers algebraic data types, pattern matching, Option/Result types, and full interoperability with existing Go packages and the Go standard library.

## Use cases
- write Go applications with stronger type safety
- use enums and pattern matching instead of Go's limited type system
- replace nil with Option and error tuples with Result
- transpile a Rust-like language to Go
- learn a simpler alternative to Rust for backend development

## When to choose
- you want Go's ecosystem and tooling but more expressive types
- you find Rust too complex but Go too type-unsafe
- you need seamless interop with existing Go packages

## When to avoid
- you need a mature, production-proven language with long-term support
- your project depends on tooling that only understands plain Go source
- you need generics-heavy or highly idiomatic Go patterns

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: compiler, programming-language, type-system, developer-tools
- domain: programming-languages, compilers, developer-tools
- platform: go, rust, cross-platform, wasm, cli
- tags: transpiler, go-interop, algebraic-data-types, pattern-matching, statically-typed, rust-inspired-syntax

## Member repositories
- borgo-lang/borgo (main) score 31

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:55.478352+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:19:33.617701+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/borgo-lang/borgo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:55.478352+00:00, sha 395f117da4cf)
  - homepage: https://borgo-lang.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:04:10.022389+00:00, sha d9a51259abdc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.