# goss-org/goss

Quick and Easy server testing/validation

Repository: https://github.com/goss-org/goss
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/goss
Homepage: https://goss.rocks
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: goss, health-endpoint, devops, tdd, tdd-utilities, testing, infrastructure-as-code, testing-tools, health-check, go, golang, docker, nagios, tap, linux, devops-tools, sensu
Last push: 2026-08-25T19:31:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 63, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3989, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 38, "gap_med": 668, "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 5953, forks 499 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:33.652793+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: testing, monitoring, infrastructure-as-code, cli, http-server
- domain: testing, self-hosted
- platform: windows, cli, go
- tags: serverspec-alternative, health-endpoint, yaml-based-tests, container-testing, dgoss, system-validation, tdd, devops, automation, containers, linux, macos, docker, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- goss-org/goss (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:33.652793+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 2026-08-29T17:50:42.956592+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/goss-org/goss (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:33.652793+00:00, sha 86aa919228c6)
  - homepage: https://goss.rocks (fetched 2026-08-29T08:46:26.675607+00:00, sha e3de4aa87d3c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.