# bradfitz/gomemcache

Go Memcached client library #golang

Repository: https://github.com/bradfitz/gomemcache
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gomemcache
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: memcached-clients, golang, memcache
Last push: 2026-07-12T21:10:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5545, "days_push": 52, "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 1883, forks 476 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:48.816860+00:00)

## What it is
A Memcached client library for the Go programming language. It provides a simple API for getting and setting items across a pool of Memcached servers.

## Use cases
- cache application data in memcached from Go
- connect to multiple memcached servers from Go
- store and retrieve key-value pairs in memcache
- add distributed caching to a Go web service
- read and write memcache items in Go

## When to choose
- you need a mature, minimal Go client for Memcached
- you want a well-known client maintained by a Go core developer
- your app needs to talk to a cluster of memcached servers

## When to avoid
- you use Redis instead of Memcached
- you need advanced features like consistent hashing or SASL beyond the basics
- you are not programming in Go

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: caching, database-driver
- domain: databases, backend, developer-tools
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: memcached, cache-client, golang

## Member repositories
- bradfitz/gomemcache (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:48.816860+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 2026-08-30T03:13:41.150860+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bradfitz/gomemcache (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:48.816860+00:00, sha c70b940599a5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.