# tools/godep

dependency tool for go

Repository: https://github.com/tools/godep
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/godep
Homepage: http://godoc.org/github.com/tools/godep
Language: Go
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-04-12T22:30:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4872, "days_push": 3065, "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 5511, forks 443 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:21.810422+00:00)

## What it is
Godep is a Go dependency management CLI tool that fixes dependencies to enable reproducible builds by saving a dependency list and vendoring source code. It is officially archived and superseded by dep and Go modules.

## Use cases
- manage dependencies for a legacy Go project
- vendor Go dependencies into the repository
- make Go builds reproducible
- migrate an old Godeps project to dep
- pin exact dependency versions in Go before modules

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy pre-modules Go codebase that already uses Godeps
- you need to read or convert an old Godeps/Godeps. file

## When to avoid
- starting any new Go project
- using Go 1.11+ where Go modules are the standard
- you want actively maintained tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: package-manager, build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: go, cross-platform, cli
- tags: go-dependencies, vendoring, archived, reproducible-builds, golang, command-line

## Member repositories
- tools/godep (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:21.810422+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 2026-08-29T17:56:15.431749+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tools/godep (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:21.810422+00:00, sha 923af53a3218)
  - homepage: http://godoc.org/github.com/tools/godep (fetched 2026-08-29T08:51:18.516285+00:00, sha dc49d756325a)
  - site_page: https://pkg.go.dev/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:51:18.520922+00:00, sha 757852027879)
  - site_page: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/tools/godep (fetched 2026-08-29T08:51:18.519037+00:00, sha 32ce07a2127b)
  - site_page: https://go.dev/project (fetched 2026-08-29T08:51:18.522687+00:00, sha d5ca00bb378b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.