# dave/jennifer

Jennifer is a code generator for Go

Repository: https://github.com/dave/jennifer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jennifer
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, code-generation, code-generator, golang
Last push: 2024-09-08T22:27:59+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": 3559, "days_push": 724, "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 3628, forks 162 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:11.992227+00:00)

## What it is
Jennifer is a Go library for generating Go source code programmatically via a fluent API. It handles identifiers, imports, and rendering with automatic import management and package-name conflict resolution.

## Use cases
- generate go source code from templates
- write a code generator for go
- generate boilerplate go code programmatically
- emit go code with automatic import handling
- build scaffolding tools for golang

## When to choose
- you need to generate valid Go code from Go programs with automatic import management
- you want a fluent, type-safe DSL for constructing Go syntax

## When to avoid
- you need to parse or transform existing Go code rather than generate it
- you are generating code for languages other than Go

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: code-generator, golang, metaprogramming, ast, code-generation

## Member repositories
- dave/jennifer (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:11.992227+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 2026-08-29T18:31:54.487921+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dave/jennifer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:11.992227+00:00, sha a77d08b21303)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.