# jondot/goweight

A tool to analyze and troubleshoot a Go binary size.

Repository: https://github.com/jondot/goweight
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/goweight
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-04-10T22:16:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2903, "days_push": 875, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1707, forks 50 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:25.429044+00:00)

## What it is
goweight is a command-line tool that analyzes Go binaries and breaks down their size by module or package. It supports Go modules and can output JSON for tracking binary size in CI pipelines.

## Use cases
- analyze why my Go binary is so large
- break down Go binary size by package
- track Go binary size in CI
- find which dependencies bloat my Go build
- troubleshoot fat Go binary
- output binary size report as JSON

## When to choose
- you build Go binaries and need to understand what contributes to their size
- you want to monitor binary size regressions in CI

## When to avoid
- you need profiling of runtime performance rather than binary size
- you work with non-Go binaries

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, cli, benchmarking
- domain: developer-tools, performance
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: go-binary-size, binary-analysis, build-analysis, command-line

## Member repositories
- jondot/goweight (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:25.429044+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 2026-08-30T03:37:27.116027+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jondot/goweight (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:25.429044+00:00, sha c157ce457393)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.