goss-org/goss

Health v2 · maintenance only

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5953 stars · 499 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Goss is a YAML-based server testing and validation tool, a fast serverspec alternative that generates tests from the current system state. It can run test suites, wait on conditions, and serve results as a health endpoint, with wrappers for Docker, Kubernetes, and Docker Compose.

Use cases

• validate server configuration with yaml tests
• health check endpoint for containers
• test docker containers with dgoss
• generate system tests from current state
• wait for service readiness in ci
• replace serverspec with a faster tool

When to choose

• you need fast, lightweight server or container validation from a single binary
• you want to auto-generate tests from a live system's state
• you need a health endpoint or readiness check for docker/kubernetes

When to avoid

• you need full macOS/Windows system resource parity with Linux
• you prefer behavior-driven testing frameworks like InSpec with rich compliance profiles
• you need complex orchestration beyond simple validation

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

testing monitoring infrastructure-as-code cli http-server testing self-hosted windows cli go serverspec-alternative health-endpoint yaml-based-tests container-testing dgoss system-validation tdd devops automation containers linux macos docker kubernetes

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