hashicorp/go-plugin
Golang plugin system over RPC. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
82/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 49
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 200
- age_days: 3877
- days_rel: 126
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
6074 stars · 507 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
HashiCorp's Go plugin system that runs plugins as subprocesses communicating over RPC/gRPC, letting hosts consume plugins as natural Go interface implementations. It powers Terraform, Packer, Vault, Nomad, and other HashiCorp tools and supports cross-language plugins via gRPC.
Use cases
- add a plugin system to my Go application
- run plugins as separate processes over gRPC
- support plugins written in other languages
- build extensible CLI tools like Terraform providers
- communicate bidirectionally between host and plugin processes
- version plugin protocols and handle incompatible plugins gracefully
When to avoid
- you need plugins over a real network rather than local subprocesses
- you want in-process Go plugins via the native plugin package
- your project is not written in Go or gRPC-compatible languages
Facets
library · maturity stable
plugin-system rpc middleware logging developer-tools backend microservices go cross-platform grpc hashicorp subprocess-plugins extensibility
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6f2afbd3b084
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| hashicorp/go-plugin | main | 82 |
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