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Browse the top Go repositories ranked by star count. Compare similar projects to find the best fit for your stack.

Repositories
48Updated Sep 12, 2026
Combined Stars
3.3M
Top-3 Concentration
15%
Recently Active
43Led by jesseduffield

Top Repositories

Top 3
1st#1

avelino/awesome-go

A curated list of awesome Go frameworks, libraries and software

183.9KStars
13.6KForks
3 days agoUpdated
GoMITsince 2014
2nd#2

ollama/ollama

Get up and running with Kimi-K2.6, GLM-5.2, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models.

180.7KStars
17.8KForks
2 days agoUpdated
GoMITsince 2023
3rd#3

golang/go

The Go programming language

138.4KStars
19.4KForks
YesterdayUpdated
GoBSD-3-Clausesince 2014

Full ranking

48
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Repository
Language
Stars
Forks
Updated
04
kubernetes/kubernetes
Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management
est. 2014
Go
127.4K
44K
Yesterday
05
microsoft/TypeScript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.
est. 2014
Go
111K
13.8K
Yesterday
06
fatedier/frp
A fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet.
est. 2015
Go
109.4K
15.2K
4 days ago
07
JuliusBrussee/caveman
🪨 why use many token when few token do trick — Claude Code skill that cuts 65% of tokens by talking like caveman
est. 2026
Go
105.2K
6.1K
Yesterday
08
infiniflow/ragflow
RAGFlow is a leading open-source Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine that fuses cutting-edge RAG with Agent capabilities to create a superior context layer for LLMs
est. 2023
Go
90.6K
10.7K
2 days ago
09
gohugoio/hugo
The world’s fastest framework for building websites.
est. 2013
Go
89.8K
8.4K
Yesterday
10
gin-gonic/gin
Gin is a high-performance HTTP web framework written in Go. It provides a Martini-like API but with significantly better performance—up to 40 times faster—thanks to httprouter. Gin is designed for building REST APIs, web applications, and microservices.
est. 2014
Go
89.2K
8.7K
4 weeks ago
11
syncthing/syncthing
Open Source Continuous File Synchronization
est. 2013
Go
88.5K
5.5K
Yesterday
12
junegunn/fzf
:cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder
est. 2013
Go
82.9K
2.9K
Yesterday
13
jesseduffield/lazygit
simple terminal UI for git commands
est. 2018
Go
82.3K
3K
2 days ago
14
netdata/netdata
The fastest path to AI-powered full stack observability, even for lean teams.
est. 2013
Go
80.5K
6.6K
Yesterday
15
caddyserver/caddy
Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS
est. 2015
Go
75.7K
5K
2 days ago
16
moby/moby
The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems
est. 2013
Go
72.1K
19.2K
2 days ago
17
nektos/act
Run your GitHub Actions locally 🚀
est. 2019
Go
71.9K
2K
1 months ago
18
prometheus/prometheus
The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database.
est. 2012
Go
66K
10.8K
2 days ago
19
traefik/traefik
The Cloud Native Application Proxy
est. 2015
Go
64.8K
6.2K
2 days ago
20
usememos/memos
Open-source, self-hosted note-taking tool built for quick capture. Markdown-native, lightweight, and fully yours.
est. 2021
Go
62.9K
4.7K
Yesterday
21
minio/minioArchived
MinIO is a high-performance, S3 compatible object store, open sourced under GNU AGPLv3 license.
est. 2015
Go
61.4K
7.9K
4 months ago
22
pocketbase/pocketbase
Open Source realtime backend in 1 file
est. 2022
Go
61K
3.7K
6 days ago
23
rclone/rclone
"rsync for cloud storage" - Google Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Wasabi, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Azure Files, Yandex Files
est. 2014
Go
59.7K
5.4K
Yesterday
24
FiloSottile/mkcert
A simple zero-config tool to make locally trusted development certificates with any names you'd like.
est. 2018
Go
59.6K
3.1K
2 years ago
25
go-gitea/gitea
Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD
est. 2016
Go
58K
7.1K
Yesterday
26
wagoodman/dive
A tool for exploring each layer in a docker image
est. 2018
Go
54.6K
2K
9 months ago
27
jesseduffield/lazydocker
The lazier way to manage everything docker
est. 2019
Go
52.8K
1.7K
4 months ago
28
etcd-io/etcd
Distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system
est. 2013
Go
52.3K
10.5K
2 days ago
29
router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI
Wrap Antigravity, ChatGPT Codex, Claude Code, Grok Build as an OpenAI/Gemini/Claude/Codex compatible API service, allowing you to enjoy the free Gemini 3.1 Pro, GPT 5.6 Series, Grok 4.5, Claude model through API
est. 2025
Go
51.5K
7.8K
Yesterday
30
ethereum/go-ethereum
Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol
est. 2013
Go
51.3K
22.1K
2 days ago
31
AlistGo/alist
🗂️A file list/WebDAV program that supports multiple storages, powered by Gin and Solidjs. / 一个支持多存储的文件列表/WebDAV程序，使用 Gin 和 Solidjs。
est. 2020
Go
50.2K
7.9K
2 days ago
32
hashicorp/terraform
Terraform enables you to safely and predictably create, change, and improve infrastructure. It is a source-available tool that codifies APIs into declarative configuration files that can be shared amongst team members, treated as code, edited, reviewed, and versioned.
est. 2014
Go
49.6K
10.6K
2 days ago
33
multica-ai/multica
Make humans and AI agents work as one team — open-source and self-hostable.
est. 2026
Go
49.6K
6.4K
Yesterday
34
mudler/LocalAI
LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.
est. 2023
Go
49.1K
4.4K
Yesterday
35
QuantumNous/new-api
A unified AI model hub for aggregation & distribution. It supports cross-converting various LLMs into OpenAI-compatible, Claude-compatible, or Gemini-compatible formats. A centralized gateway for personal and enterprise model management.
est. 2023
Go
48K
11.5K
Yesterday
36
gogs/gogs
The painless way to host your own Git service
est. 2014
Go
47.8K
5.1K
Yesterday
37
cli/cli
GitHub’s official command line tool
est. 2019
Go
46.2K
9K
2 days ago
38
milvus-io/milvus
Milvus is a high-performance, cloud-native vector database built for scalable vector ANN search
est. 2019
Go
46.1K
4.2K
2 days ago
39
charmbracelet/bubbletea
A powerful little TUI framework 🏗
est. 2020
Go
44.9K
1.3K
4 days ago
40
spf13/cobra
A Commander for modern Go CLI interactions
est. 2013
Go
44.6K
3.2K
2 months ago
41
astaxie/build-web-application-with-golang
A golang ebook intro how to build a web with golang
est. 2012
Go
43.9K
10.4K
2 years ago
42
danielmiessler/Fabric
Fabric is an open-source framework for augmenting humans using AI. It provides a modular system for solving specific problems using a crowdsourced set of AI prompts that can be used anywhere.
est. 2024
Go
43.9K
4.3K
6 days ago
43
juanfont/headscale
An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server
est. 2020
Go
43.8K
2.6K
3 days ago
44
XTLS/Xray-core
Xray, Penetrates Everything. Also the best v2ray-core. Where the magic happens. An open platform for various uses.
est. 2020
Go
41.5K
5.9K
Yesterday
45
Wei-Shaw/sub2api
Sub2API 一站式开源中转服务，让 Claude、Openai 、Gemini、Grok订阅统一接入，支持拼车共享，更高效分摊成本，原生工具无缝使用。
est. 2025
Go
41.3K
8.6K
Yesterday
46
pingcap/tidb
TiDB is built for agentic workloads that grow unpredictably, with ACID guarantees and native support for transactions, analytics, and vector search. No data silos. No noisy neighbors. No infrastructure ceiling.
est. 2015
Go
40.5K
6.2K
Yesterday
47
schollz/croc
Easily and securely send things from one computer to another :crocodile: :package:
est. 2017
Go
40.3K
1.6K
3 days ago
48
photoprism/photoprism
AI-Powered Photos App 🌈💎✨
est. 2018
Go
40.2K
2.3K
Yesterday
04
kubernetes/kubernetes
Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management
Go
★127.4K
🍴44K
est. 2014
05
microsoft/TypeScript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.
Go
★111K
🍴13.8K
est. 2014
06
fatedier/frp
A fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet.
Go
★109.4K
🍴15.2K
est. 2015
07
JuliusBrussee/caveman
🪨 why use many token when few token do trick — Claude Code skill that cuts 65% of tokens by talking like caveman
Go
★105.2K
🍴6.1K
est. 2026
08
infiniflow/ragflow
RAGFlow is a leading open-source Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine that fuses cutting-edge RAG with Agent capabilities to create a superior context layer for LLMs
Go
★90.6K
🍴10.7K
est. 2023
09
gohugoio/hugo
The world’s fastest framework for building websites.
Go
★89.8K
🍴8.4K
est. 2013
10
gin-gonic/gin
Gin is a high-performance HTTP web framework written in Go. It provides a Martini-like API but with significantly better performance—up to 40 times faster—thanks to httprouter. Gin is designed for building REST APIs, web applications, and microservices.
Go
★89.2K
🍴8.7K
est. 2014
11
syncthing/syncthing
Open Source Continuous File Synchronization
Go
★88.5K
🍴5.5K
est. 2013
12
junegunn/fzf
:cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder
Go
★82.9K
🍴2.9K
est. 2013
13
jesseduffield/lazygit
simple terminal UI for git commands
Go
★82.3K
🍴3K
est. 2018
14
netdata/netdata
The fastest path to AI-powered full stack observability, even for lean teams.
Go
★80.5K
🍴6.6K
est. 2013
15
caddyserver/caddy
Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS
Go
★75.7K
🍴5K
est. 2015
16
moby/moby
The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems
Go
★72.1K
🍴19.2K
est. 2013
17
nektos/act
Run your GitHub Actions locally 🚀
Go
★71.9K
🍴2K
est. 2019
18
prometheus/prometheus
The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database.
Go
★66K
🍴10.8K
est. 2012
19
traefik/traefik
The Cloud Native Application Proxy
Go
★64.8K
🍴6.2K
est. 2015
20
usememos/memos
Open-source, self-hosted note-taking tool built for quick capture. Markdown-native, lightweight, and fully yours.
Go
★62.9K
🍴4.7K
est. 2021
21
minio/minioArchived
MinIO is a high-performance, S3 compatible object store, open sourced under GNU AGPLv3 license.
Go
★61.4K
🍴7.9K
est. 2015
22
pocketbase/pocketbase
Open Source realtime backend in 1 file
Go
★61K
🍴3.7K
est. 2022
23
rclone/rclone
"rsync for cloud storage" - Google Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Wasabi, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Azure Files, Yandex Files
Go
★59.7K
🍴5.4K
est. 2014
24
FiloSottile/mkcert
A simple zero-config tool to make locally trusted development certificates with any names you'd like.
Go
★59.6K
🍴3.1K
est. 2018
25
go-gitea/gitea
Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD
Go
★58K
🍴7.1K
est. 2016
26
wagoodman/dive
A tool for exploring each layer in a docker image
Go
★54.6K
🍴2K
est. 2018
27
jesseduffield/lazydocker
The lazier way to manage everything docker
Go
★52.8K
🍴1.7K
est. 2019
28
etcd-io/etcd
Distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system
Go
★52.3K
🍴10.5K
est. 2013
29
router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI
Wrap Antigravity, ChatGPT Codex, Claude Code, Grok Build as an OpenAI/Gemini/Claude/Codex compatible API service, allowing you to enjoy the free Gemini 3.1 Pro, GPT 5.6 Series, Grok 4.5, Claude model through API
Go
★51.5K
🍴7.8K
est. 2025
30
ethereum/go-ethereum
Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol
Go
★51.3K
🍴22.1K
est. 2013
31
AlistGo/alist
🗂️A file list/WebDAV program that supports multiple storages, powered by Gin and Solidjs. / 一个支持多存储的文件列表/WebDAV程序，使用 Gin 和 Solidjs。
Go
★50.2K
🍴7.9K
est. 2020
32
hashicorp/terraform
Terraform enables you to safely and predictably create, change, and improve infrastructure. It is a source-available tool that codifies APIs into declarative configuration files that can be shared amongst team members, treated as code, edited, reviewed, and versioned.
Go
★49.6K
🍴10.6K
est. 2014
33
multica-ai/multica
Make humans and AI agents work as one team — open-source and self-hostable.
Go
★49.6K
🍴6.4K
est. 2026
34
mudler/LocalAI
LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.
Go
★49.1K
🍴4.4K
est. 2023
35
QuantumNous/new-api
A unified AI model hub for aggregation & distribution. It supports cross-converting various LLMs into OpenAI-compatible, Claude-compatible, or Gemini-compatible formats. A centralized gateway for personal and enterprise model management.
Go
★48K
🍴11.5K
est. 2023
36
gogs/gogs
The painless way to host your own Git service
Go
★47.8K
🍴5.1K
est. 2014
37
cli/cli
GitHub’s official command line tool
Go
★46.2K
🍴9K
est. 2019
38
milvus-io/milvus
Milvus is a high-performance, cloud-native vector database built for scalable vector ANN search
Go
★46.1K
🍴4.2K
est. 2019
39
charmbracelet/bubbletea
A powerful little TUI framework 🏗
Go
★44.9K
🍴1.3K
est. 2020
40
spf13/cobra
A Commander for modern Go CLI interactions
Go
★44.6K
🍴3.2K
est. 2013
41
astaxie/build-web-application-with-golang
A golang ebook intro how to build a web with golang
Go
★43.9K
🍴10.4K
est. 2012
42
danielmiessler/Fabric
Fabric is an open-source framework for augmenting humans using AI. It provides a modular system for solving specific problems using a crowdsourced set of AI prompts that can be used anywhere.
Go
★43.9K
🍴4.3K
est. 2024
43
juanfont/headscale
An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server
Go
★43.8K
🍴2.6K
est. 2020
44
XTLS/Xray-core
Xray, Penetrates Everything. Also the best v2ray-core. Where the magic happens. An open platform for various uses.
Go
★41.5K
🍴5.9K
est. 2020
45
Wei-Shaw/sub2api
Sub2API 一站式开源中转服务，让 Claude、Openai 、Gemini、Grok订阅统一接入，支持拼车共享，更高效分摊成本，原生工具无缝使用。
Go
★41.3K
🍴8.6K
est. 2025
46
pingcap/tidb
TiDB is built for agentic workloads that grow unpredictably, with ACID guarantees and native support for transactions, analytics, and vector search. No data silos. No noisy neighbors. No infrastructure ceiling.
Go
★40.5K
🍴6.2K
est. 2015
47
schollz/croc
Easily and securely send things from one computer to another :crocodile: :package:
Go
★40.3K
🍴1.6K
est. 2017
48
photoprism/photoprism
AI-Powered Photos App 🌈💎✨
Go
★40.2K
🍴2.3K
est. 2018
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Go (Golang), designed at Google, excels at building high-performance network services, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps tools. Its simplicity, fast compilation, and built-in concurrency make it the language of choice for systems programming in the cloud-native era.

Go powers the backbone of modern cloud infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Prometheus are all written in Go. The language's minimal syntax, excellent standard library, and single-binary deployment model make it ideal for building microservices and CLI tools.

Rankings show the top 50 Go repositories by GitHub stars. The dominance of cloud-native and DevOps tools in this list reflects Go's position as the de facto language for infrastructure engineering.

Data is sourced from the GitHub REST API and updated daily. Rankings reflect cumulative star counts across each repository's lifetime and should be read as a discovery aid rather than a quality certification. See Methodology & Editorial Standards.