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24 alternatives to Gow

The lightweight alternative to Cygwin

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Gow launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Gondola▲69

   The web framework for Go programming language

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2AS
   A simple Go web server with logging, tracing, health check▲318

   2018 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Gogs▲56

   A self-hosted Git service written in Go

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4WA
   Webhook – A lightweight configurable tool written in Go▲144

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5GG
   Go-git – low-level and extensible Git client library in Go▲114

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6BA
   Beehive – An open source IFTTT powered by Go's templating engine▲247

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7GT
   Gomix the easiest way to build apps and bots▲185

   2016 · community.gomix.me · its alternatives →

8. 8AG
   A Go Library for Better Access Control▲158

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9SW
   Simple wiki server written in Go▲82

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10TA
    Task – A simple build tool written in Go▲95

    2019 · taskfile.org · its alternatives →

11. 11GS
    GoPee – Simple, Self-Hosted Web Proxy in Go▲70

    2015 · gopee.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

12. 12GA
    GoWork – A Go Distributed Work Library▲68

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AA
    ABCWeb – A Go Web Framework▲50

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14TC
    Tiny cross-platform web UI library for C and Go▲11

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15AG
    A golang websocket server you can pipe to▲45

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16SL
    Simple Load Balancer – Golang▲16

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17GS
    GoJava – Server/desktop Java bindings to Go packages▲52

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    GoWeb OS▲4

    An immutable, framework-free single-file Web OS prototype

    Jun 2026 · go-web-os.web.app · its alternatives →

19. 19GA
    Gondola, a Django like web framework in Go▲7

    2014 · gondolaweb.com · its alternatives →

20. 20TA
    Task – A task runner / simpler Make alternative written in Go▲13

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21GT
    Go-t, an easy to use command-line client for Twitter written in Go▲5

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22SA
    StableLib, an LTS distribution of Go packages▲22

    2015 · stablelib.com · its alternatives →

23. 23WA
    Winfetch – A neofetch alternative made for Windows in Go▲6

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24LA
    Lorca – a tiny library for building cross-platform HTML5 GUI apps in Go▲14

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →