# go-delve/delve

Delve is a debugger for the Go programming language.

Repository: https://github.com/go-delve/delve
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/delve
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, debugger, golang
Last push: 2026-08-26T23:28:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 84, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4488, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 30, "gap_med": 52.0, "n_releases_24m": 13}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 24892, forks 2215 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:37.682779+00:00)

## What it is
Delve is a full-featured debugger for the Go programming language, usable from the command line and via editor integrations. It aims to be simple to invoke and stay out of the developer's way while debugging.

## Use cases
- debug a Go program from the terminal
- set breakpoints and step through Go code
- inspect variables and goroutines in a Go application
- integrate a debugger into a Go IDE or editor
- debug a failing Go test
- attach to a running Go process

## When to choose
- you need to debug Go programs and want the standard, actively maintained debugger
- you want editor integration via DAP (VS Code, GoLand, Neovim)
- you need to inspect goroutines and Go-specific runtime state

## When to avoid
- you are debugging a language other than Go
- you only need simple print-based logging rather than an interactive debugger

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: windows, go, cli
- tags: debugger, golang, dap, editor-integration, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- go-delve/delve (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:37.682779+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 2026-08-29T16:56:08.773384+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/go-delve/delve (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:37.682779+00:00, sha 5f4637a92a64)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.