# laher/goxc

a build tool for Go, with a focus on cross-compiling, packaging and deployment

Repository: https://github.com/laher/goxc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/goxc
Language: Go
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-09-30T08:22:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4951, "days_push": 2529, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1660, forks 78 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:18.358329+00:00)

## What it is
goxc is a build tool for Go focused on cross-compiling binaries to multiple platforms, packaging them as zips, tarballs, or .debs, and generating a markdown downloads page. It also supports uploading artifacts to GitHub Releases or Bintray.

## Use cases
- cross-compile a go program for all platforms at once
- package go binaries into zips and debs
- upload go release artifacts to github releases
- generate a downloads page for go project releases
- automate repeatable go builds with json config

## When to choose
- you need to package and distribute go binaries for multiple OSes with debs or archives
- you want automated uploads to github releases or bintray

## When to avoid
- you only need simple cross-compilation, since Go 1.5+ supports it natively via GOOS/GOARCH
- you need an actively maintained tool - goxc is in maintenance mode with no recent development

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, deployment, cli
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: go, cli, windows
- tags: cross-compilation, packaging, go-build-tool, github-releases, deb-packaging, command-line, devops, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- laher/goxc (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.358329+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 2026-08-30T03:44:40.795126+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/laher/goxc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.358329+00:00, sha 35bd0e543bf9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.