Go

Programming language by Google

88
Project is healthy
Funding
Stable
Maintenance
Active
Contributors
Healthy
Bus Factor
Low risk
Metrics last updated: 6 days ago (2026-02-07)

Maintainers

Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson
Unix and Go Co-Creator
Rob Pike
Rob Pike
Go Language Co-Creator

Overview

Go is a statically typed, compiled programming language designed at Google. It is syntactically similar to C but with memory safety, garbage collection, and structural typing.

Importance

  • Powers cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, Docker)
  • Foundation for modern DevOps tooling
  • Critical for backend services
  • Growing adoption in enterprise

Key Features

  • Fast compilation
  • Garbage collection
  • Built-in concurrency
  • Simple, clean syntax

Sustainability

Go is developed and funded by Google with a strong open-source community. The project has sustainable governance and active development.

Dependencies

⬆️ Depends On (1)
Linux Kernel 88
Go
runtime
⬇️ Used By (22)
Argo CD 90
Caddy 91
CockroachDB 76
Consul 93
CoreDNS 77
etcd 82
Flux 71
Grafana 96
Helm 90
InfluxDB 87
Jaeger 88
Loki 90
MinIO 55
Moby (Docker Engine) 79
NATS 66
Prometheus 90
Rook 84
Terraform 79
TiDB 96
Traefik 96
Vault 54
Vitess 90

Dependency Chain

Upstream
Linux Kernel →
Go
→ Argo CD → Caddy → CockroachDB → +19 more
Downstream

Impact Analysis

1 Direct Dependencies
22 Dependent Projects
🔗 Middleware project

⚠️ Impact Risk: Changes to Go could affect 22 downstream projects. This is a critical dependency node in the infrastructure graph.

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