# firebase/firebase-admin-go

Firebase Admin Go SDK

Repository: https://github.com/firebase/firebase-admin-go
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/firebase-admin-go
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: firebase, firebase-admin, firebase-admin-sdk, authentication, firebase-auth, golang, go
Last push: 2026-08-25T14:56:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 80, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3459, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 56, "gap_med": 54, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1291, forks 273 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:15.606173+00:00)

## What it is
The Firebase Admin Go SDK lets privileged server-side Go applications access Firebase services such as Authentication, Firestore, Cloud Messaging, and Storage. It is Google's official library for administering Firebase projects from Go backends.

## Use cases
- verify firebase id tokens from a go backend
- mint custom auth tokens for firebase users
- manage firebase users programmatically from a server
- send push notifications via firebase cloud messaging from go
- read and write firestore documents from a privileged environment
- upload files to firebase storage from a go service

## When to choose
- your backend is written in Go and needs privileged access to Firebase services
- you need to verify ID tokens or create custom tokens for Firebase Auth server-side
- you want an official, maintained SDK with Google support

## When to avoid
- you are building a client-side app (use the Firebase client SDKs instead)
- your project does not use Firebase
- you need a language other than Go

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: auth, sdk
- domain: backend, developer-tools, apis
- platform: go, windows, cloud
- tags: firebase, firebase-admin, server-sdk, authentication, cloud-messaging, firestore, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- firebase/firebase-admin-go (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:15.606173+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 2026-08-30T04:54:47.125407+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/firebase/firebase-admin-go (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:15.606173+00:00, sha afcd2fd77b1a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.