# d4l3k/go-pry

An interactive REPL for Go that allows you to drop into your code at any point.

Repository: https://github.com/d4l3k/go-pry
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/go-pry
Homepage: https://gopry.rice.sh/
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, repl, interpreter
Last push: 2023-02-21T05:42:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4200, "days_push": 1289, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3003, forks 64 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:37.542083+00:00)

## What it is
go-pry is an interactive REPL for Go that lets you drop into your code at any point via a pry.Pry() statement. It works by rewriting Go source files to inject reflection-based code exposing in-scope variables, then wrapping the standard go command.

## Use cases
- inspect variables mid-execution in a Go program
- experiment with Go code interactively like a REPL
- debug Go applications by dropping into a shell at a specific point
- explore package APIs with autocompletion from inside running code

## When to choose
- you want a Ruby Pry-style interactive debugging shell in Go
- you need to inspect live program state without a full debugger setup

## When to avoid
- you need a production-safe debugger (it rewrites source files)
- you prefer standard tooling like delve
- your project cannot tolerate source modification during builds

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: interpreter, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: go, cli, cross-platform
- tags: repl, debugging, introspection, go-tooling, command-line

## Member repositories
- d4l3k/go-pry (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:37.542083+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 2026-08-30T07:30:25.301007+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/d4l3k/go-pry (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:37.542083+00:00, sha f92b512fbc55)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.