# mitchellh/gox

A dead simple, no frills Go cross compile tool

Repository: https://github.com/mitchellh/gox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gox
Language: Go
License: MPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-05-02T06:26:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4672, "days_push": 1219, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4576, forks 347 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:53.677274+00:00)

## What it is
Gox is a simple, no-frills Go cross-compilation tool that behaves like the standard `go build` command. It parallelizes builds across multiple OS/architecture platforms and automatically sets up the cross-compilation toolchain.

## Use cases
- cross-compile a Go binary for multiple operating systems at once
- build Go binaries for linux, windows, and macos in parallel
- build a Go package for a specific OS/architecture like linux/amd64
- set up the Go cross-compilation toolchain automatically
- build multiple Go packages for many platforms in one command

## When to choose
- you want a dead-simple `go build` replacement that targets many platforms
- you need parallel cross-compilation without enforcing an output directory structure
- you want minimal tooling with no packaging, uploading, or release features

## When to avoid
- you need release automation like building system packages, uploading binaries, or generating download pages (use goxc or goreleaser)
- you only target a single platform - plain `go build` is enough
- you need a tool under active development - the project is in maintenance mode

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: go, windows, cli
- tags: cross-compilation, go-build, parallel-builds, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- mitchellh/gox (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.677274+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 2026-08-29T18:19:55.787024+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mitchellh/gox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.677274+00:00, sha 1b8848562563)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.