constabulary/gb
gb, the project based build tool for Go observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4205
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2505
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2113 stars · 145 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
gb is a project-based build tool for the Go programming language, offering a $GOPATH-free workflow where each project is a directory containing a src/ subdirectory. It provides build, test, and vendor subcommands with automatic project root detection and incremental compilation.
Use cases
- build go projects without setting gopath
- manage multiple go working copies without environment variables
- vendor go dependencies into a project directory
- run tests for a go project with gb test
- cross-compile go binaries
When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy go project already structured for gb
- you need reproducible builds on very old go toolchains (pre-modules)
When to avoid
- starting any new go project - use the standard go tool with modules instead
- you need active maintenance or modern go version support
- you rely on go get-based dependency management
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
build-tool cli developer-tools developer-tools programming-languages cli cross-platform go go-build-tool gopath-alternative vendoring project-based-workflow historical command-line
9 sources
- readme: https://github.com/constabulary/gb · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4abddc058d26
- homepage: https://getgb.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · c494f02deed1
- site_page: https://getgb.io/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 99d6d354b7cd
- site_page: https://getgb.io/docs/install · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7f821735b412
- site_page: https://getgb.io/docs/usage · fetched 2026-08-29 · e1c6caff53ff
- site_page: https://getgb.io/docs/project · fetched 2026-08-29 · 193f7b22f837
- site_page: https://getgb.io/docs/depfile · fetched 2026-08-29 · 87e35ccc5460
- site_page: https://getgb.io/examples/getting-started · fetched 2026-08-29 · a6602f7e0331
- site_page: https://getgb.io/faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · a0b0ee8102f9
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| constabulary/gb | main | 10 |
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