# golang/dep

Go dependency management tool experiment (deprecated)

Repository: https://github.com/golang/dep
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dep
Homepage: https://golang.github.io/dep/
Language: Go
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: golang, dependency-manager, package-manager, toolchain
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-09-05T13:47:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3618, "days_push": 2188, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 12730, forks 1028 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:59.683166+00:00)

## What it is
dep was the official experimental dependency management tool for Go, handling dependency resolution and vendoring. It has been deprecated since 2020 and archived in favor of Go modules built into the Go toolchain.

## Use cases
- manage dependencies for a legacy Go project
- vendor Go project dependencies
- resolve Go package versions
- maintain an old Go codebase still using Gopkg.toml
- migrate a project from dep to Go modules

## When to choose
- you must maintain a legacy Go project that already uses dep and Gopkg.toml
- you are pinned to a Go version older than 1.11

## When to avoid
- starting any new Go project - use Go modules instead
- you need ongoing support or updates - the project is archived and unmaintained
- you are on Go 1.11 or newer

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: package-manager, dependency-audit, cli, build-tool
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: go, cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: golang, deprecated, go-modules, vendoring, dependency-management, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- golang/dep (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:59.683166+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 2026-08-29T17:13:50.248993+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/golang/dep (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:59.683166+00:00, sha 8f3372d18e01)
  - homepage: https://golang.github.io/dep/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:10:00.388077+00:00, sha 272ea8c93947)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.