# cloudflare/hellogopher

Hellogopher: "just clone and make" your conventional Go project

Repository: https://github.com/cloudflare/hellogopher
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hellogopher
Language: Makefile
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-04-24T00:46:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 78, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3512, "days_push": 132, "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 1146, forks 56 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:45.692002+00:00)

## What it is
Hellogopher is a drop-in Makefile that lets anyone clone and build a conventional Go project with just `make`, without needing to understand GOPATH first. It handles vendoring, testing, and coverage targets out of the box.

## Use cases
- build a go project with just make
- let non-go developers compile a go repository
- avoid gopath setup for novice go users
- vendor go dependencies in a project
- run go tests and coverage via make

## When to choose
- your project should build anywhere with a single make command
- your audience includes non-go developers or casual contributors
- you want a simple vendoring-based go build setup

## When to avoid
- your project uses modern go modules
- you need a full-featured build or dependency management system
- your workflow depends on editor tooling requiring gopath placement

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: go, makefile, gopath, vendoring, build-automation, build-tool

## Member repositories
- cloudflare/hellogopher (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:45.692002+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 2026-08-30T08:33:33.527278+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cloudflare/hellogopher (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:45.692002+00:00, sha dcccbc331b91)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.