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google/uuid

Go package for UUIDs based on RFC 4122 and DCE 1.1: Authentication and Security Services. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/google/uuid · Go · BSD-3-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3855
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 657
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

6142 stars · 439 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A Go package for generating and inspecting UUIDs based on RFC 9562 (formerly RFC 4122) and DCE 1.1. It represents UUIDs as 16-byte arrays and is the successor to github.com/pborman/uuid.

Use cases

  • generate unique identifiers in Go
  • parse and validate UUID strings
  • create version 4 random UUIDs
  • inspect UUID versions and variants
  • migrate from pborman/uuid

When to choose

  • you need standards-compliant UUID handling in a Go project
  • you want a well-maintained, widely adopted UUID library

When to avoid

  • you need UUIDs in a non-Go language
  • you require representation of invalid UUIDs

Facets

library · maturity stable

serialization developer-tools developer-tools go cross-platform uuid rfc-9562 identifiers algorithms

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
google/uuidmain23

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="google/uuid")

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