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A curated list of awesome Go frameworks, libraries, and software. Inspired by awesome-python.

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Actor Model

Libraries for building actor-based programs.

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Artificial Intelligence

Libraries for building programs that leverage AI.

  • AegisFlow - AI gateway for routing, securing, and monitoring LLM traffic across 10+ providers. OpenAI-compatible API, WASM policy plugins, canary rollouts, real-time dashboard.
  • ai - A Go toolkit for building AI agents and applications across multiple providers with unified LLM, embeddings, tool calling, and MCP integration.
  • chromem-go - Embeddable vector database for Go with Chroma-like interface and zero third-party dependencies. In-memory with optional persistence.
  • fun - The simplest but powerful way to use large language models (LLMs) in Go.
  • goai - Go SDK for building AI applications. One SDK, 20+ providers. Inspired by Vercel AI SDK.
  • hotplex - AI Agent runtime engine with long-lived sessions for Claude Code, OpenCode, pi-mono and other CLI AI tools. Provides full-duplex streaming, multi-platform integrations, and secure sandbox.
  • langchaingo - LangChainGo is a framework for developing applications powered by language models.
  • langgraphgo - A Go library for building stateful, multi-actor applications with LLMs, built on the concept of LangGraph，with a lot of builtin Agent architectures.
  • LocalAI - Open Source OpenAI alternative, self-host AI models.
  • localaik - Local compatibility proxy for the Gemini and OpenAI APIs. Run one container locally and test both SDK protocol shapes on the same port without API keys or network access.
  • Ollama - Run large language models locally.
  • OllamaFarm - Manage, load-balance, and failover packs of Ollamas.
  • otellix - OpenTelemetry-native LLM observability and budget guardrails for cost-constrained production environments.
  • routex - YAML-driven multi-agent AI runtime for Go with Erlang-style supervision, MCP tool server support, and a CLI.

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Audio and Music

Libraries for manipulating audio and music.

  • beep - A simple library for playback and audio manipulation.
  • flac - Native Go FLAC encoder/decoder with support for FLAC streams.
  • gaad - Native Go AAC bitstream parser.
  • go-mpris - Client for mpris dbus interfaces.
  • GoAudio - Native Go Audio Processing Library.
  • gosamplerate - libsamplerate bindings for go.
  • id3v2 - ID3 decoding and encoding library for Go.
  • malgo - Mini audio library.
  • minimp3 - Lightweight MP3 decoder library.
  • music-theory - Music theory models in Go.
  • Oto - A low-level library to play sound on multiple platforms.
  • PortAudio - Go bindings for the PortAudio audio I/O library.

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Authentication and Authorization

Libraries for implementing authentication and authorization.

  • authboss - Modular authentication system for the web. It tries to remove as much boilerplate and "hard things" as possible so that each time you start a new web project in Go, you can plug it in, configure it, and start building your app without having to build an authentication system each time.
  • authgate - A lightweight OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server supporting Device Authorization Grant (RFC 8628), Authorization Code Flow with PKCE (RFC 6749 + RFC 7636), and Client Credentials Grant for machine-to-machine authentication.
  • branca - branca token specification implementation for Golang 1.15+.
  • casbin - Authorization library that supports access control models like ACL, RBAC, and ABAC.
  • cookiestxt - provides a parser of cookies.txt file format.
  • go-githubauth - Utilities for GitHub authentication: generate and use GitHub application and installation tokens.
  • go-guardian - Go-Guardian is a golang library that provides a simple, clean, and idiomatic way to create powerful modern API and web authentication that supports LDAP, Basic, Bearer token, and Certificate based authentication.
  • go-iam - Developer-first Identity and Access Management system with a simple UI.
  • go-jose - Fairly complete implementation of the JOSE working group's JSON Web Token, JSON Web Signatures, and JSON Web Encryption specs.
  • go-jwt - A JWT (JSON Web Token) library for Go.
  • go-jwt - JWT authentication package providing access tokens and refresh tokens with fingerprinting, Redis storage, and automatic refresh capabilities.
  • goiabada - An open-source authentication and authorization server supporting OAuth2 and OpenID Connect.
  • gologin - chainable handlers for login with OAuth1 and OAuth2 authentication providers.
  • gorbac - provides a lightweight role-based access control (RBAC) implementation in Golang.
  • gosession - This is quick session for net/http in GoLang. This package is perhaps the best implementation of the session mechanism, or at least it tries to become one.
  • goth - provides a simple, clean, and idiomatic way to use OAuth and OAuth2. Handles multiple providers out of the box.
  • jeff - Simple, flexible, secure, and idiomatic web session management with pluggable backends.
  • jwt - Lightweight JSON Web Token (JWT) library.
  • jwt - Safe, simple, and fast JSON Web Tokens for Go.
  • jwt-auth - JWT middleware for Golang http servers with many configuration options.
  • jwt-go - A full featured implementation of JSON Web Tokens (JWT). This library supports the parsing and verification as well as the generation and signing of JWTs.
  • jwx - Go module implementing various JWx (JWA/JWE/JWK/JWS/JWT, otherwise known as JOSE) technologies.
  • keto - Open Source (Go) implementation of "Zanzibar: Google's Consistent, Global Authorization System". Ships gRPC, REST APIs, newSQL, and an easy and granular permission language. Supports ACL, RBAC, and other access models.
  • loginsrv - JWT login microservice with pluggable backends such as OAuth2 (Github), htpasswd, osiam.
  • oauth2 - Successor of goauth2. Generic OAuth 2.0 package that comes with JWT, Google APIs, Compute Engine, and App Engine support.
  • oidc - Easy to use OpenID Connect client and server library written for Go and certified by the OpenID Foundation.
  • openfga - Implementation of fine-grained authorization based on the "Zanzibar: Google's Consistent, Global Authorization System" paper. Backed by CNCF.
  • osin - Golang OAuth2 server library.
  • otpgen - Library to generate TOTP/HOTP codes.
  • otpgo - Time-Based One-Time Password (TOTP) and HMAC-Based One-Time Password (HOTP) library for Go.
  • paseto - Golang implementation of Platform-Agnostic Security Tokens (PASETO).
  • permissions - Library for keeping track of users, login states, and permissions. Uses secure cookies and bcrypt.
  • scope - Easily Manage OAuth2 Scopes In Go.
  • scs - Session Manager for HTTP servers.
  • securecookie - Efficient secure cookie encoding/decoding.
  • session - Go session management for web servers (including support for Google App Engine - GAE).
  • sessions - Dead simple, highly performant, highly customizable sessions service for go http servers.
  • sessionup - Simple, yet effective HTTP session management and identification package.
  • sjwt - Simple jwt generator and parser.
  • spicedb - A Zanzibar-inspired database that enables fine-grained authorization.
  • x509proxy - Library to handle X509 proxy certificates.

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Blockchain

Tools for building blockchains.

  • cometbft - A distributed, Byzantine fault-tolerant, deterministic state machine replication engine. It is a fork of Tendermint Core and implements the Tendermint consensus algorithm.
  • cosmos-sdk - A Framework for Building Public Blockchains in the Cosmos Ecosystem.
  • gno - A comprehensive smart contract suite built with Golang and Gnolang, a deterministic, purpose-built Go variant for blockchains.
  • go-ethereum - Official Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol.
  • gosemble - A Go-based framework for building Polkadot/Substrate-compatible runtimes.
  • gossamer - A Go implementation of the Polkadot Host.
  • kubo - An IPFS implementation in Go. It provides content-addressable storage which can be used for decentralized storage in DApps. It is based on the IPFS protocol.
  • lnd - A complete implementation of a Lightning Network node.
  • nview - Local monitoring tool for a Cardano Node. It's a TUI (terminal user interface) designed to fit most screens.
  • solana-go - Go library to interface with Solana JSON RPC and WebSocket interfaces.
  • tendermint - High-performance middleware for transforming a state machine written in any programming language into a Byzantine Fault Tolerant replicated state machine using the Tendermint consensus and blockchain protocols.
  • tronlib - A comprehensive, production-ready Go SDK for interacting with the TRON blockchain with TRC20 token support.

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Bot Building

Libraries for building and working with bots.

  • arikawa - A library and framework for the Discord API.
  • bot - Zero-dependencies Telegram Bot library with additional UI components.
  • echotron - An elegant and concurrent library for Telegram Bots in Go.
  • go-joe - A general-purpose bot library inspired by Hubot but written in Go.
  • go-sarah - Framework to build a bot for desired chat services including LINE, Slack, Gitter, and more.
  • go-tg - Generated from official docs Go client library for accessing Telegram Bot API, with batteries for building complex bots included.
  • go-twitch-irc - Library to write bots for twitch.tv chat
  • micha - Go Library for Telegram bot api.
  • slack-bot - Ready to use Slack Bot for lazy developers: Custom commands, Jenkins, Jira, Bitbucket, Github...
  • slacker - Easy to use framework to create Slack bots.
  • telebot - Telegram bot framework is written in Go.
  • telego - Telegram Bot API library for Golang with full one-to-one API implementation.
  • telegram-bot-api - Simple and clean Telegram bot client.
  • TG - Telegram Bot Framework for Go.
  • wayback - A bot for Telegram, Mastodon, Slack, and other messaging platforms archives webpages.
  • ymsdk - Go SDK for Yandex Messenger Bot API with type-safe models, automatic retry, and rate-limit handling.
    • Wisp - Event-driven trading framework for Go. Spot, perpetual futures, prediction markets. Multi-exchange (Bybit, Hyperliquid, Polymarket).

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Build Automation

Libraries and tools help with build automation.

  • 1build - Command line tool to frictionlessly manage project-specific commands.
  • air - Air - Live reload for Go apps.
  • anko - Simple application watcher for multiple programming languages.
  • gaper - Builds and restarts a Go project when it crashes or some watched file changes.
  • gilbert - Build system and task runner for Go projects.
  • gob - Gradle/Maven like build tool for Go projects.
  • goyek - Create build pipelines in Go.
  • mage - Mage is a make/rake-like build tool using Go.
  • mmake - Modern Make.
  • realize - Go build a system with file watchers and live to reload. Run, build and watch file changes with custom paths.
  • Task - simple "Make" alternative.
  • taskctl - Concurrent task runner.
  • xc - Task runner with README.md defined tasks, executable markdown.

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Command Line

Advanced Console UIs

Libraries for building Console Applications and Console User Interfaces.

  • asciigraph - Go package to make lightweight ASCII line graph ╭┈╯ in command line apps with no other dependencies.
  • aurora - ANSI terminal colors that support fmt.Printf/Sprintf.
  • box-cli-maker - Render highly customizable boxes in the terminal.
  • bubble-table - An interactive table component for bubbletea.
  • bubbles - TUI components for bubbletea.
  • bubbletea - Go framework to build terminal apps, based on The Elm Architecture.
  • chroma16 - Generate a harmonious 16-color terminal palette from a single seed color or string.
  • crab-config-files-templating - Dynamic configuration file templating tool for kubernetes manifest or general configuration files.
  • ctc - The non-invasive cross-platform terminal color library does not need to modify the Print method.
  • fx - Terminal JSON viewer & processor.
  • go-ataman - Go library for rendering ANSI colored text templates in terminals.
  • go-colorable - Colorable writer for windows.
  • go-colortext - Go library for color output in terminals.
  • go-isatty - isatty for golang.
  • go-palette - Go library that provides elegant and convenient style definitions using ANSI colors. Fully compatible & wraps the fmt library for nice terminal layouts.
  • go-prompt - Library for building a powerful interactive prompt, inspired by python-prompt-toolkit.
  • gocui - Minimalist Go library aimed at creating Console User Interfaces.
  • gommon/color - Style terminal text.
  • gookit/color - Terminal color rendering tool library, support 16 colors, 256 colors, RGB color rendering output, compatible with Windows.
  • lazyenv - TUI for browsing, comparing, and editing .env files.
  • lipgloss - Declaratively define styles for color, format and layout in the terminal.
  • loom - Signal-based reactive components framework for building TUIs.
  • marker - Easiest way to match and mark strings for colorful terminal outputs.
  • mpb - Multi progress bar for terminal applications.
  • phoenix - High-performance TUI framework with Elm-inspired architecture, perfect Unicode rendering, and zero-allocation event system.
  • progressbar - Basic thread-safe progress bar that works in every OS.
  • pterm - A library to beautify console output on every platform with many combinable components.
  • simpletable - Simple tables in a terminal with Go.
  • spinner - Go package to easily provide a terminal spinner with options.
  • tabby - A tiny library for super simple Golang tables.
  • table - Small library for terminal color based tables.
  • termbox-go - Termbox is a library for creating cross-platform text-based interfaces.
  • termdash - Go terminal dashboard based on termbox-go and inspired by termui.
  • termenv - Advanced ANSI style & color support for your terminal applications.
  • termui - Go terminal dashboard based on termbox-go and inspired by blessed-contrib.
  • uilive - Library for updating terminal output in real time.
  • uiprogress - Flexible library to render progress bars in terminal applications.
  • uitable - Library to improve readability in terminal apps using tabular data.
  • yacspin - Yet Another CLi Spinner package, for working with terminal spinners.
  • goscaf - goscaf generates opinionated, production-quality Go project boilerplate via an interactive CLI. Stop copy-pasting skeleton code between projects.

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Standard CLI

Libraries for building standard or basic Command Line applications.

  • acmd - Simple, useful, and opinionated CLI package in Go.
  • argparse - Command line argument parser inspired by Python's argparse module.
  • argv - Go library to split command line string as arguments array using the bash syntax.
  • boa - Declarative flags, env vars, validation, and config files from struct tags. Built on cobra.
  • carapace - Command argument completion generator for spf13/cobra.
  • carapace-bin - Multi-shell multi-command argument completer.
  • carapace-spec - Define simple completions using a spec file.
  • climax - Alternative CLI with "human face", in spirit of Go command.
  • clîr - A Simple and Clear CLI library. Dependency free.
  • cmd - Extends the standard flag package to support sub commands and more in idiomatic way.
  • cmdr - A POSIX/GNU style, getopt-like command-line UI Go library.
  • cobra - Commander for modern Go CLI interactions.
  • command-chain - A go library for configure and run command chains - such as pipelining in unix shells.
  • commandeer - Dev-friendly CLI apps: sets up flags, defaults, and usage based on struct fields and tags.
  • complete - Write bash completions in Go + Go command bash completion.
  • console Closed-loop application library for Cobra commands, with oh-my-posh prompts, and more.
  • Dnote - A simple command line notebook with multi-device sync.
  • elvish - An expressive programming language and a versatile interactive shell.
  • env - Tag-based environment configuration for structs.
  • flaggy - A robust and idiomatic flags package with excellent subcommand support.
  • flagvar - A collection of flag argument types for Go's standard flag package.
  • flash-flags - Ultra-fast, zero-dependency, POSIX-compliant flag parsing library that can be used as drop-in stdlib replacement with security hardening.
  • getopt - An accurate Go getopt, validated against the GNU libc implementation.
  • go-arg - Struct-based argument parsing in Go.
  • go-flags - go command line option parser.
  • go-getoptions - Go option parser inspired by the flexibility of Perl’s GetOpt::Long.
  • go-readline-ny - A customizable line-editing library with Emacs keybindings, Unicode support, completion, and syntax highlighting. Used in NYAGOS shell.
  • gocmd - Go library for building command line applications.
  • goopt - A declarative, struct-tag based CLI framework for Go, with a broad feature set such as hierarchical commands/flags, i18n, shell completion, and validation.
  • hashicorp/cli - Go library for implementing command-line interfaces.
  • hiboot cli - cli application framework with auto configuration and dependency injection.
  • job - JOB, make your short-term command as a long-term job.
  • kingpin - Command line and flag parser supporting sub commands (superseded by kong; see below).
  • liner - Go readline-like library for command-line interfaces.
  • mcli - A minimal but very powerful cli library for Go.
  • mkideal/cli - Feature-rich and easy to use command-line package based on golang struct tags.
  • mow.cli - Go library for building CLI applications with sophisticated flag and argument parsing and validation.
  • ops - Unikernel Builder/Orchestrator.
  • orpheus - CLI framework with security hardening, plugin storage system, and production observability features.
  • pflag - Drop-in replacement for Go's flag package, implementing POSIX/GNU-style --flags.
  • readline - Shell library with modern and easy to use UI features.
  • sflags - Struct based flags generator for flag, urfave/cli, pflag, cobra, kingpin, and other libraries.
  • structcli - Eliminate Cobra boilerplate: build powerful, feature-rich CLIs declaratively from Go structs.
  • strumt - Library to create prompt chain.
  • subcmd - Another approach to parsing and running subcommands. Works alongside the standard flag package.
  • teris-io/cli - Simple and complete API for building command line interfaces in Go.
  • urfave/cli - Simple, fast, and fun package for building command line apps in Go (formerly codegangsta/cli).
  • version - Collects and displays CLI version information in multiple formats along with upgrade notice.
  • wlog - Simple logging interface that supports cross-platform color and concurrency.
  • wmenu - Easy to use menu structure for cli applications that prompt users to make choices.

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Configuration

Libraries for configuration parsing.

  • aconfig - Simple, useful and opinionated config loader.
  • argus - File watching and configuration management with MPSC ring buffer, adaptive batching strategies, and universal format parsing (JSON, YAML, TOML, INI, HCL, Properties).
  • azureappconfiguration - The configuration provider for consuming data in Azure App Configuration from Go applications.
  • bcl - BCL is a configuration language similar to HCL.
  • cleanenv - Minimalistic configuration reader (from files, ENV, and wherever you want).
  • config - Cloud native application configuration. Bind ENV to structs in only two lines.
  • config - configure your app using file, environment variables, or flags in two lines of code.
  • configuration - Library for initializing configuration structs from env variables, files, flags and 'default' tag.
  • configuro - opinionated configuration loading & validation framework from ENV and Files focused towards 12-Factor compliant applications.
  • confiq - Structured data format to config struct decoder library for Go - supporting multiple data formats.
  • confita - Load configuration in cascade from multiple backends into a struct.
  • conflate - Library/tool to merge multiple JSON/YAML/TOML files from arbitrary URLs, validation against a JSON schema, and application of default values defined in the schema.
  • enflag - Container-oriented, zero-dependency configuration library that unifies Env variable and Flag parsing. Uses generics for type safety, without reflection or struct tags.
  • env - Parse environment variables to Go structs (with defaults).
  • env - A lightweight package for loading environment variables into structs.
  • env - An environment utility package with support for unmarshaling into structs.
  • envconfig - Read your configuration from environment variables.
  • envh - Helpers to manage environment variables.
  • envyaml - Yaml with environment variables reader. it helps to have secrets as environment variable but load them configs as structured Yaml.
  • fig - Tiny library for reading configuration from a file and from environment variables (with validation & defaults).
  • genv - Read environment variables easily with dotenv support.
  • go-array - A Go package that read or set data from map, slice or json.
  • go-aws-ssm - Go package that fetches parameters from AWS System Manager - Parameter Store.

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