# trustmaster/goflow

Flow-based and dataflow programming library for Go (golang)

Repository: https://github.com/trustmaster/goflow
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/goflow
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: fbp, go, goflow, data-flow, dataflow
Last push: 2026-06-05T21:09:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 86, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5320, "days_push": 89, "days_rel": 89, "gap_med": 11, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1671, forks 132 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:20.203167+00:00)

## What it is
GoFlow is a lean Flow-based Programming (FBP) library for Go that lets developers build applications as graphs of concurrent components connected by message-passing channels. Components run in parallel via goroutines and communicate through typed ports without sharing memory.

## Use cases
- build concurrent data processing pipelines in Go
- model applications as dataflow graphs of components
- implement flow-based programming (FBP) architectures
- create reactive event-driven systems with isolated components
- wire up parallel processing networks using goroutines and channels
- structure stream processing as reusable black-box components

## When to choose
- you want to design Go applications as graphs of independent concurrent components
- you prefer message passing over shared state and locks
- you need asynchronous, reactive data pipelines with clear port-based connections
- you want a small, opinionated FBP library rather than a heavy framework

## When to avoid
- you need simple sequential control flow that goroutines alone handle fine
- your project requires strict ordering or synchronous execution semantics
- you need a full dataflow engine with visual tooling or distributed execution
- you are not working in Go

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: concurrency, workflow-automation, streaming
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: flow-based-programming, fbp, dataflow, goroutines, reactive, algorithms, automation

## Member repositories
- trustmaster/goflow (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:20.203167+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 2026-08-30T03:42:42.764044+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/trustmaster/goflow (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:20.203167+00:00, sha 56698467ef26)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.