goby-lang/goby
Goby - Yet another programming language written in Go observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
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: 3493
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1285
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3505 stars · 176 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Goby is an object-oriented, Ruby-inspired interpreted programming language implemented entirely in Go, compiling to bytecode and running on its own VM. It targets backend development with built-in JSON support, a PostgreSQL adapter, goroutine-backed threads/channels, and a plugin system for loading Go packages.
Use cases
- write backend services in a ruby-like language
- embed a scripting language in a go application
- load existing go packages as plugins from scripts
- learn how to build a bytecode interpreter
- prototype api servers with ruby syntax on go runtime
When to choose
- you want Ruby-like syntax with Go's concurrency and ecosystem
- you need an embeddable scripting language for a Go program
- you want to study language implementation in Go
When to avoid
- you need production-grade stability or long-term support
- you need Windows support for the plugin system
- you need a mature ecosystem of libraries and gems
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
interpreter programming-language plugin-system concurrency json database-driver programming-languages backend developer-tools go cli ruby-inspired bytecode-vm object-oriented goroutines postgresql language-implementation linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/goby-lang/goby · fetched 2026-08-28 · d67796131349
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| goby-lang/goby | main | 10 |
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