# golang/pkgsite

[mirror] Home of the pkg.go.dev website

Repository: https://github.com/golang/pkgsite
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pkgsite
Language: Go
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-25T19:43:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2297, "days_push": 8, "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 1328, forks 202 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:23.691833+00:00)

## What it is
The source code of pkg.go.dev, the official website for discovering and evaluating Go packages and modules, plus a local documentation server program. The pkgsite CLI extracts and generates documentation for Go projects and exposes a REST API for package, module, version, symbol, and vulnerability information.

## Use cases
- serve local Go package documentation in the browser
- browse docs for a Go module offline
- search for Go packages and modules
- look up which packages import a given Go package
- query package and module metadata via a REST API
- check vulnerabilities for a Go module

## When to choose
- you want to view or generate documentation for Go projects locally
- you need programmatic access to Go package/module metadata
- you want to self-host a pkg.go.dev-like documentation server

## When to avoid
- you need documentation hosting for non-Go languages
- you want a general-purpose static site generator
- you only need godoc output without a server

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: stable
- function: documentation, search-engine, http-server, api-framework
- domain: developer-tools, documentation, programming-languages, apis
- platform: go, cli, self-hosted
- tags: go-packages, pkg.go.dev, doc-server, module-registry, api-docs, web-server

## Member repositories
- golang/pkgsite (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:23.691833+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 2026-08-30T04:45:57.590765+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/golang/pkgsite (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:23.691833+00:00, sha 8fe39b0a3abf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.