# GetStream/vg

Virtualgo: Easy and powerful workspace based development for go

Repository: https://github.com/GetStream/vg
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/getstream-vg
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: dep, gopath, fish, zsh, bash, shell, workspace, golang, go, vendor, dependency-management, isolation, virtualgo, vg
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-01-16T14:39:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3381, "days_push": 2421, "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 1314, forks 45 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:20.455551+00:00)

## What it is
Virtualgo (vg) is a CLI tool providing workspace-based development for Go, similar to Python's virtualenv. It manages isolated GOPATH workspaces with version-pinned dependencies and executables, building on top of tools like dep.

## Use cases
- create isolated workspaces for go projects
- pin versions of go executables like linters and codegen tools
- use locally checked out dependencies across multiple projects
- avoid vendor directory issues with go test
- automatically activate a workspace when cd-ing into a project

## When to choose
- working on legacy Go projects predating Go Modules
- needing isolated GOPATH workspaces with pinned tool versions

## When to avoid
- starting a new Go project — use Go Modules instead
- needing a maintained dependency tool — the project is unmaintained since Go Modules adoption

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: package-manager, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: golang, workspace, gopath, dependency-management, virtualenv, shell-integration, unmaintained, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- GetStream/vg (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:20.455551+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 2026-08-30T04:48:44.496976+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/GetStream/vg (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:20.455551+00:00, sha 09bebb3d9269)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.