# edgexfoundry/edgex-go

EdgeX Golang Services Monorepo | Owner: Core/Support WG

Repository: https://github.com/edgexfoundry/edgex-go
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/edgex-go
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-21T19:32:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 54, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3141, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 97, "gap_med": 220.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1536, forks 521 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:59.913044+00:00)

## What it is
EdgeX Foundry is a vendor-neutral open source framework for IoT edge computing, and this repository contains the Go implementation of its core and support microservices. It includes build files, containerization, and service bootstrapping for a hardware- and OS-agnostic reference software platform.

## Use cases
- build an IoT edge computing platform
- run plug-and-play microservices at the edge
- connect and manage IoT devices from an edge gateway
- deploy a hardware-agnostic IoT reference platform
- route device data over a message bus like NATS or MQTT
- self-host edge services for industrial IoT solutions

## When to choose
- you need an open, vendor-neutral IoT edge framework
- you want Go-based microservices for edge gateways
- you need plug-and-play interoperability between edge components
- you're building industrial or commercial IoT deployments on Linux hardware

## When to avoid
- you need a simple single-binary IoT agent rather than a full microservices platform
- your project is cloud-only with no edge computing requirements
- you need a lightweight framework for constrained embedded devices
- you want a turnkey commercial IoT platform with vendor support

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: microservices, api-framework, message-queue, self-hosted, iot
- domain: iot, microservices, backend, self-hosted
- platform: go, cross-platform, self-hosted
- tags: iot-edge, edge-computing, linux-foundation, microservices-platform, device-management, nats, mqtt, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- edgexfoundry/edgex-go (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:59.913044+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 2026-08-30T04:31:04.254090+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/edgexfoundry/edgex-go (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:59.913044+00:00, sha 0f01b5c3ec48)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.