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List of Go software and tools

This is a list of Go software and tools, including compilers, development environments, build tools, testing frameworks, web frameworks, database tools, and related software for the Go programming language.

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This is a list of Go software and tools, including compilers, development environments, build tools, testing frameworks, web frameworks, database tools, and related software for the Go programming language.

Core toolchain

  • Go — programming language and toolchain
  • go command — build and package tool1
  • gofmt — source code formatter23
  • go vet — static analysis tool4

Compilers and runtimes

Development environments and editors

  • Emacs — text editor with Go support14
  • GoLand — JetBrains integrated development environment15
  • LiteIDE — Go-focused integrated development environment16
  • Neovim — text editor with Go support
  • TextMate — text editor with Go support17
  • Vim — text editor with Go support
  • Visual Studio Code — editor with Go support

Language servers and editor tools

  • delve — debugger18
  • gopls — Go language server1920
  • golangci-lint — lint runner21
  • revive — linter22
  • staticcheck — static analysis tool23

Build, dependency and release tools

  • Air — live reload development tool24
  • dep — deprecated dependency manager25
  • Go modules — dependency management system2627
  • Goreleaser — release automation tool2829
  • Mage — build tool30
  • Task — task runner31

Testing and benchmarking

  • benchstat — benchmark comparison tool32
  • Ginkgo — testing framework33
  • GoMock — mock generation tool3435
  • testify — testing toolkit3637
  • testing — standard testing package38

Web frameworks and HTTP tools

  • Beego — web framework39
  • Caddy — web server40
  • Chi — router41
  • Echo — web framework42
  • Fiber — web framework43
  • Gin — web framework44
  • Gorilla Mux — router45
  • Hugo — static site generator46
  • Revel — web framework47
  • Traefik — reverse proxy and load balancer48

RPC and API tools

  • Goa — API design framework4950
  • gRPC — remote procedure call framework51
  • grpc-gateway — REST gateway52
  • oapi-codegen — OpenAPI code generator5354
  • Swag — OpenAPI documentation tool5556

Database and ORM tools

  • Bun — SQL toolkit and ORM5758
  • CockroachDB client libraries — database drivers and tools5960
  • ent — entity framework61
  • GORM — object–relational mapper62
  • sqlx — SQL toolkit6364

Command-line and terminal tools

  • Bubble Tea — terminal user interface framework6566
  • Cobra — command-line framework6768
  • pflag — flag parsing library6970
  • urfave/cli — command-line framework71
  • Viper — configuration library7273

GUI toolkits and application frameworks

  • Fyne — cross-platform graphical user interface toolkit

Documentation, generation and analysis

  • errcheck — unchecked error checker7475
  • godoc — documentation tool76
  • goimports — import management tool77
  • mockgen — mock generator78
  • pkgsite — package documentation site7980
  • Prometheus — monitoring and alerting toolkit81
  • stringer — code generation tool8283
  • wire — dependency injection code generator8485

Package hosting and community services

  • GoCenter — former Go package repository86
  • pkg.go.dev — package documentation and discovery site87
  • proxy.golang.org — module proxy88

Major applications written in Go

See also

See also

References

References

  1. https://go.dev/doc/cmd
  2. https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/gofmt
  3. https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/cmd/gofmt/gofmt.go
  4. https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/vet
  5. https://go.dev/src/cmd/compile/README
  6. https://go.dev/doc/install/gccgo
  7. https://github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs
  8. https://go.googlesource.com/gollvm/
  9. https://github.com/go-llvm/llgo
  10. https://pkg.go.dev/tinygo.org/x/go-llvm
  11. https://tinygo.org/
  12. https://github.com/traefik/yaegi
  13. https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/traefik/yaegi/cmd/yaegi
  14. https://go.dev/gopls/editor/emacs
  15. https://go.dev/wiki/IDEsAndTextEditorPlugins
  16. https://github.com/visualfc/liteide
  17. https://github.com/rsms/Go.tmbundle
  18. https://github.com/go-delve/delve
  19. https://github.com/golang/tools/blob/master/gopls/README.md?plain=1
  20. https://go.dev/gopls/
  21. https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint
  22. https://github.com/mgechev/revive
  23. https://github.com/dominikh/go-tools
  24. https://github.com/air-verse/air
  25. https://github.com/golang/dep
  26. https://go.dev/ref/mod
  27. https://go.dev/blog/using-go-modules
  28. https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser
  29. https://goreleaser.com/customization/builds/go/
  30. https://github.com/magefile/mage
  31. https://github.com/go-task/task
  32. https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/perf/cmd/benchstat
  33. https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo
  34. https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/golang/mock/gomock
  35. https://github.com/golang/mock
  36. https://github.com/stretchr/testify
  37. https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2
  38. https://go.dev/doc/tutorial/add-a-test
  39. https://github.com/beego/beego
  40. https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy
  41. https://github.com/go-chi/chi
  42. https://github.com/labstack/echo
  43. https://github.com/gofiber/fiber
  44. https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin
  45. https://github.com/gorilla/mux
  46. https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo
  47. https://github.com/revel/revel
  48. http://github.com/traefik/traefik
  49. https://github.com/goadesign/goa
  50. https://pkg.go.dev/goa.design/goa
  51. https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go
  52. https://github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway
  53. https://github.com/oapi-codegen/oapi-codegen
  54. https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/deepmap/oapi-codegen
  55. https://github.com/swaggo/swag
  56. https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-openapi/swag
  57. https://github.com/uptrace/bun
  58. https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/uptrace/bun
  59. https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach-go
  60. https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach-go/v2/crdb
  61. https://github.com/ent/ent
  62. https://gorm.io/index.html
  63. https://github.com/jmoiron/sqlx
  64. https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jmoiron/sqlx
  65. https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea
  66. https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea#section-readme
  67. https://github.com/spf13/cobra
  68. https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/spf13/cobra
  69. https://github.com/spf13/pflag
  70. https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/spf13/pflag
  71. https://github.com/urfave/cli
  72. https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/spf13/viper
  73. https://github.com/spf13/viper
  74. https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck
  75. https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/kisielk/errcheck/errcheck
  76. https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/tools/cmd/godoc
  77. https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports
  78. https://github.com/golang/mock
  79. https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/pkgsite
  80. https://github.com/golang/pkgsite
  81. https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus
  82. https://github.com/golang/tools/blob/master/cmd/stringer/stringer.go
  83. https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer
  84. https://github.com/google/wire
  85. https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/google/wire
  86. https://github.com/jfrog/gocenter
  87. https://pkg.go.dev/
  88. https://proxy.golang.org/
  89. https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb