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24 alternatives to Useful Libraries for Go

Standard libraries for Go. Contribute to obsidiandynamics/libstdgo development by creating an account on GitHub.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Useful Libraries for Go launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   A minimal and idiomatic WebSocket library for Go▲99

   Minimal and idiomatic WebSocket library for Go. Contribute to coder/websocket development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   A pure Go library for interacting with LLVM IR▲81

   Library for interacting with LLVM IR in pure Go. Contribute to llir/llvm development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Search the Go Standard Library▲27

   GoThrough hosts a searchable index of exported members in the Go standard library and a selection of hosted packages.

   2023 · gothrough.dev · its alternatives →

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   My notes on Working with Go▲185

   This repo contains my notes on working with Go and computer systems. - GitHub - betty200744/ultimate-go: This repo contains my notes on working with Go and computer systems.

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Bongo – Go ODM for MongoDB▲6

   Go ODM for MongoDB. Contribute to go-bongo/bongo development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   POP3 server library in Go▲6

   POP3 server library for Go. Contribute to marcinwyszynski/popart development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   FFmpeg-go – Go bindings for the FFmpeg libraries▲6

   Go bindings for the FFmpeg libraries. Contribute to csnewman/ffmpeg-go development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   awesome-go▲22

   Curated list awesome Go frameworks, libraries and software

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   The Super Tiny Compiler, in Go▲6

   Like The Super Tiny Compiler, but in Go. Contribute to hazbo/the-super-tiny-compiler development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Playing with Generics and atomics in Go 1.19▲6

    A collection of utilities for async code in Go. Contribute to 41north/async.go development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Ultimate Golang Resources▲9

    A curated list of collection of Go projects and resources

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Promises – Type safe promise library for go▲7

    Type safe promises in go. Contribute to garlicnation/promises development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Ggez – A Rust Library to Create a Good Game Easily▲5

    Rust library to create a Good Game Easily. Contribute to ggez/ggez development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Numpy in Go▲16

    Contribute to praveenpenumaka/numpygo development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Microsoft Teams (unofficial) Go library (WIP)▲5

    Unofficial Microsoft Teams Library. Contribute to fossteams/teams-api development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Gopherawaitof: For Await of Library for Golang▲5

    for await...of library for golang. Contribute to heavyairship/gopherawaitof development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Golang GraphQL Library▲7

    A GraphQL client package written in Go. Contribute to getoutreach/goql development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Collection of Go examples for beginner back end developers▲9

    Collection of Go examples for beginner back end developers - peterlamar/go-examples

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Fast Variant data type for Go▲5

    Variant data type for Go. Contribute to tigrannajaryan/govariant development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Go Bindings for Roc Toolkit▲5

    Golang bindings for Roc Toolkit. Contribute to roc-streaming/roc-go development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Gotron – Go and Electron Boilerplate for Cross Platform Apps▲8

    Go Api for Electron. Contribute to Equanox/gotron development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Golang Client Library for Gradium.ai TTS/STT API▲5

    Golang client library for Gradium.AI TTS/STT API. Contribute to cydanix/go-gradium development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Scigo▲6

    Modular type safe scientific computing for Go

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A Go package for building ISO images▲7

    A go library for reading and creating ISO9660 images - kdomanski/iso9660

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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