# goby-lang/goby

Goby - Yet another programming language written in Go

Repository: https://github.com/goby-lang/goby
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/goby
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ruby, golang, interpreter, bytecode, object-oriented, api-server, goby, goby-language, goby-codes
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-02-25T04:27:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3493, "days_push": 1285, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3505, forks 176 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:07.625060+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: interpreter, programming-language, plugin-system, concurrency, json, database-driver
- domain: programming-languages, backend, developer-tools
- platform: go, cli
- tags: ruby-inspired, bytecode-vm, object-oriented, goroutines, postgresql, language-implementation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- goby-lang/goby (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.625060+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 2026-08-29T18:35:46.228758+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/goby-lang/goby (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.625060+00:00, sha d67796131349)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.