paulmach/orb
Types and utilities for working with 2d geometry in Golang observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
69/100
- Activity 74
- Release rhythm 45
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 193
- age_days: 3811
- days_rel: 156
- days_push: 156
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
1126 stars · 125 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Orb is a Go library defining types for 2D geo and plan/projected geometry, with sub-packages for GeoJSON, Mapbox Vector Tile encoding, WKB scanning, clipping, simplification, and quadtrees. It provides idiomatic slice-based geometry types with a shared Geometry interface for geo and planar operations.
Use cases
- encode and decode GeoJSON in Go
- read WKB geometry from database query results
- work with Mapbox Vector Tiles
- clip and simplify line and polygon geometry
- compute distances, areas, and centroids of shapes
- build spatial indexes with a quadtree
When to choose
- you need lightweight 2D geometry types in Go
- you're building GIS or mapping services in Go
- you need GeoJSON, WKB, WKT, or MVT interoperability
When to avoid
- you need 3D geometry support
- you need a full GIS engine with coordinate reprojection
- you're not working in Go
Facets
library · maturity stable
geospatial serialization parser developer-tools go cross-platform geo wkb wkt mapbox-vector-tile 2d-geometry gis geospatial maps
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/paulmach/orb · fetched 2026-08-28 · b3b81b93513a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| paulmach/orb | main | 69 |
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