# ray-x/go.nvim

G'day Nvimer, Joyful Gopher: Explore the Feature-Packed Go Plugin for Neovim

Repository: https://github.com/ray-x/go.nvim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gonvim
Language: Lua
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: neovim, nvim, go, golang, nvim-plugin, treesitter, gopls, neovim-plugin, null-ls, nvim-dap
Last push: 2026-06-04T03:59:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 85, release rhythm 46, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2002, "days_push": 90, "days_rel": 148, "gap_med": 201.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2656, forks 160 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:07.310661+00:00)

## What it is
A feature-rich Neovim plugin for Go development, written in Lua, integrating gopls LSP, treesitter, DAP debugging, and AI assistance. It covers navigation, build/test/coverage workflows, code generation, refactoring, formatting, linting, and debugging for Go programmers.

## Use cases
- set up a full Go IDE inside Neovim with gopls
- run and debug Go tests with delve from the editor
- generate unit tests and interface stubs for Go code
- manage struct tags and convert JSON/YAML to Go structs
- lint and format Go code with golangci-lint and gofumpt
- get AI-generated doc comments and code reviews for Go

## When to choose
- you develop Go in Neovim and want LSP, testing, and debugging in one plugin
- you want zero-config delve debugging via nvim-dap
- you need code generation helpers like fillstruct, iferr, and mockgen

## When to avoid
- you use an editor other than Neovim
- you prefer VS Code's Go tooling
- you only need a standalone CLI without editor integration

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: testing, linter, formatter, code-review, documentation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages, text-editors
- platform: editor-plugin, cli, cross-platform
- tags: neovim, golang, lsp, gopls, treesitter, nvim-dap, delve, code-generation, unit-tests, ai-assisted, debugging

## Member repositories
- ray-x/go.nvim (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:07.310661+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 2026-08-30T02:18:29.193419+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ray-x/go.nvim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:07.310661+00:00, sha 0d5ca6771b5d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.