usbarmory/tamago

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TamaGo is a framework that enables compilation and execution of Go applications directly on bare metal processors, without any underlying operating system or C runtime. It consists of a modified Go distribution adding a `tamago` GOOS target plus Go packages for processor/SoC and board support, aimed at reducing firmware attack surface.

Use cases

• write firmware in Go without an OS
• run Go on bare metal ARM or x86-64 processors
• build minimal attack surface embedded firmware
• develop secure boot or security-critical firmware in pure Go
• execute Go applications directly on SoCs like ARM or AMD64 targets
• replace C firmware toolchains with Go

When to choose

• you want to write embedded firmware in Go with full standard library support
• you need to eliminate C code and OS dependencies from firmware for security reasons
• you target supported ARM or AMD64 SoCs/boards
• you prefer Go's memory safety for low-level embedded development

When to avoid

• you need an RTOS or rich OS ecosystem with drivers for unsupported hardware
• your target board or SoC is not among the supported platforms
• you need hard real-time guarantees
• you require a very small binary footprint typical of C firmware

Facets

framework · maturity active

embedded compiler developer-tools embedded-systems operating-systems security programming-languages go embedded bare-metal firmware goos-tamago soc-support board-support no-os linux macos

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