peterh/liner
Pure Go line editor with history, inspired by linenoise observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5131
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1167
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1098 stars · 135 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Liner is a pure Go command-line editor library with history, tab completion, and Emacs-style keybindings, inspired by linenoise. It avoids cgo for easy cross-compilation and works on both Unix-like VT100 terminals and Windows.
Use cases
- add readline-style input to a Go CLI
- prompt for user input with command history in a terminal app
- implement tab completion in a REPL
- build a cross-platform interactive shell in Go
- replace cgo-based readline with a pure Go line editor
When to choose
- you need a pure Go line editor without cgo for easy cross-compilation
- you want history, reverse search, and completion in a Go CLI
- you need consistent behavior across Unix and Windows terminals
When to avoid
- you need advanced features like syntax highlighting or multi-line editing offered by newer alternatives
- your project is not written in Go
- you need full readline compatibility or complex keybinding customization
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
cli developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform go windows cli cross-platform line-editor readline linenoise terminal-input history tab-completion pure-go command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/peterh/liner · fetched 2026-08-28 · befb79553a85
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| peterh/liner | main | 32 |
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