# whyrusleeping/gx

A package management tool

Repository: https://github.com/whyrusleeping/gx
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gx
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-05-10T09:39:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4103, "days_push": 845, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1866, forks 109 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:46.309965+00:00)

## What it is
gx is a language-agnostic package manager built on IPFS's content-addressed storage, providing reproducible packages identified by content hashes. It supports multiple language ecosystems via hooks and was used to manage dependencies in go-ipfs.

## Use cases
- manage dependencies in a go project without a central registry
- publish packages to a distributed content-addressed network
- get reproducible package installs via content hashes
- use one package manager across multiple language ecosystems
- distribute packages over ipfs instead of npm or central registries

## When to choose
- your project already lives in the IPFS ecosystem
- you want content-addressed, reproducible package distribution
- you need a language-agnostic packaging tool with ecosystem hooks

## When to avoid
- you need a mature, actively developed package manager - gx is alpha quality and largely unmaintained
- you don't want to run an IPFS daemon or rely on public gateways
- your ecosystem has a well-supported native package manager like npm or go modules

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: package-manager, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, microservices
- platform: windows, cli, go
- tags: ipfs, content-addressed, language-agnostic, dependency-management, go, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- whyrusleeping/gx (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:46.309965+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 2026-08-30T03:15:32.824678+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/whyrusleeping/gx (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:46.309965+00:00, sha 351e779308c3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.