slack-go/slack

Health v2 · maintenance only

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4958 stars · 1197 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A Go client library covering most of the Slack Web API (api.slack.com) plus real-time messaging via WebSocket, Socket Mode, and the Events API. It provides a managed client for sending messages, querying users and groups, and handling Slack events in Go applications.

Use cases

• send slack messages from a go application
• build a slack bot in golang
• fetch slack user and group info via api
• handle slack events with socket mode
• integrate slack notifications into a go service
• connect to slack rtm over websocket

When to choose

• you are building a Go application or bot that talks to Slack
• you need broad coverage of Slack Web API endpoints plus real-time events
• you want a community-maintained, widely imported Slack SDK for Go

When to avoid

• you need a stable v1 API - minor releases may include breaking changes
• your project is not in Go
• you only need simple incoming webhooks, where a plain HTTP call may suffice

Facets

library · maturity active

http-client websocket sdk apis developer-tools messaging-platforms go cross-platform slack-api slack-bot rtm socket-mode events-api chat-integration automation

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