davecgh/go-spew
Implements a deep pretty printer for Go data structures to aid in debugging observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 4984
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 879
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
6409 stars · 374 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
go-spew is a Go library that implements a deep pretty printer for Go data structures, showing types, pointers, and full structure details to aid debugging. It offers Dump/Sdump functions and Printf-style wrappers with enhanced formatting verbs.
Use cases
- pretty print nested Go data structures for debugging
- dump variables with type and pointer information
- inspect complex structs during development
- print Go maps and slices with full detail
- debug web application state in development
When to choose
- you need deep, detailed inspection of Go variables while debugging
- standard fmt printing is insufficient for nested or pointer-heavy data
- you want a stable, well-tested library with 100% test coverage
When to avoid
- you need structured machine-readable output like JSON for logging
- you want a debugger with breakpoints instead of print-based debugging
- you need logging in production rather than development diagnostics
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
developer-tools logging serialization developer-tools go cross-platform pretty-printer debugging data-structures dump go
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/davecgh/go-spew · fetched 2026-08-28 · 322c95c425ca
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| davecgh/go-spew | main | 32 |
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