# golang/go

The Go programming language

Repository: https://github.com/golang/go
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/go
Homepage: https://go.dev
Language: Go
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: programming-language, language, go, golang
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:51:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4397, "days_push": 7, "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 136473, forks 19305 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:24.291871+00:00)

## What it is
Go is an open-source, statically typed programming language developed by Google, designed for building simple, reliable, and efficient software with built-in concurrency and a robust standard library. The repository contains the language specification, compiler, runtime, and the go command-line toolchain for building, testing, and managing Go code and modules.

## Use cases
- build fast backend services and apis
- learn a statically typed compiled language
- write concurrent network servers
- build cli tools that compile to a single binary
- develop cloud-native microservices and containers
- cross-compile binaries for linux macos and windows

## When to choose
- you need fast compilation, small static binaries, and low memory footprint
- you want built-in concurrency with goroutines and channels
- you are building backend services, devops tooling, or cloud infrastructure
- you value a small language with a strong standard library and long-term compatibility guarantees

## When to avoid
- you need heavy GUI desktop application development
- you want extensive metaprogramming, generics-heavy abstractions, or dynamic language flexibility
- your domain relies on ecosystems in other languages like data science notebooks or mobile apps
- you need fine-grained manual memory control

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: programming-language, compiler, developer-tools, concurrency, build-tool, package-manager, testing
- domain: programming-languages, developer-tools, backend, cloud-computing, microservices
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: golang, go-toolchain, statically-typed, garbage-collected, standard-library, google, compiled-language, systems-programming, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- golang/go (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:24.291871+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 2026-08-29T16:11:23.727548+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/golang/go (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:24.291871+00:00, sha 8247b7c5de1e)
  - homepage: https://go.dev (fetched 2026-08-28T17:26:31.520381+00:00, sha d9c414dcb5ff)
  - site_page: https://go.dev/doc/install/ (fetched 2026-08-28T17:26:31.528777+00:00, sha 70974e392a8b)
  - site_page: https://pkg.go.dev/about (fetched 2026-08-28T17:26:31.530483+00:00, sha 757852027879)
  - site_page: https://go.dev/project (fetched 2026-08-28T17:26:31.532549+00:00, sha d5ca00bb378b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.