# rakyll/gotest

go test with colors

Repository: https://github.com/rakyll/gotest
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gotest
Language: Go
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-01-10T23:44:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 59/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 61, release rhythm 33, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3282, "days_push": 235, "days_rel": 235, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1399, forks 64 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:37.001390+00:00)

## What it is
gotest is a Go CLI wrapper around `go test` that adds colored output for pass/fail results. It accepts all standard `go test` flags and supports customizable color palettes via environment variables.

## Use cases
- run go tests with colored output
- make go test results easier to read in the terminal
- customize pass/fail colors in test output
- enable colored test output on CI systems
- hide 'no test files' noise when testing Go packages

## When to choose
- you run Go tests frequently and want visual pass/fail feedback
- you want a drop-in replacement for go test with identical flags
- you need colored test output in CI pipelines like Travis or CircleCI

## When to avoid
- you need test features beyond coloring, like parallelism control or coverage reporting changes
- you use a different language's test runner
- you prefer IDE-based test visualization

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: testing, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, testing
- platform: windows, cli, go
- tags: go-test, colored-output, test-runner, terminal-colors, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- rakyll/gotest (main) score 59

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:37.001390+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 2026-08-30T04:39:11.115747+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rakyll/gotest (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:37.001390+00:00, sha 5b48a239d592)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.