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Best open source Go projects[105]

105 curated open source projects written primarily in Go, ranked by GitHub stars. Combined: 1,796,504 stars.

// AI & ML№ 001
Ollama

Ollama

★ FEATUREDGO

Get up and running with large language models locally

★ STARS

171.0k

⑂ FORKS

16.0k

OPEN PROJECT
// DEVOPS№ 002
Kubernetes

Kubernetes

GO

Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management

★ STARS

122.1k

⑂ FORKS

40.0k

OPEN PROJECT
// DEVOPS№ 003
Prometheus

Prometheus

GO

The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database

★ STARS

64.0k

⑂ FORKS

9.3k

OPEN PROJECT
// AI & ML№ 004
MinIO

MinIO

★ FEATUREDGO

Open source S3-compatible object storage optimized for cloud-native and AI applications, delivering unmatched performance and scalability

★ STARS

60.9k

⑂ FORKS

7.5k

OPEN PROJECT
// DATABASE№ 005
Memos

Memos

★ FEATUREDGO

A self-hosted, open-source solution for secure and efficient note-taking, allowing you to easily capture and share your thoughts.

★ STARS

59.4k

⑂ FORKS

4.3k

OPEN PROJECT
// DEVELOPER TOOLS№ 006
PocketBase

PocketBase

GO

Open Source backend in 1 file

★ STARS

58.2k

⑂ FORKS

3.4k

OPEN PROJECT
// DEVELOPER TOOLS№ 007
Gitea

Gitea

GO

Git with a cup of tea, painless self-hosted git service

★ STARS

55.5k

⑂ FORKS

6.7k

OPEN PROJECT
// DEVOPS№ 008
CoreOS

CoreOS

★ FEATUREDGO

Open source tools of modern distributed systems.

★ STARS

51.7k

⑂ FORKS

10.3k

OPEN PROJECT
// DEVOPS№ 009
Terraform

Terraform

GO

Terraform enables you to safely and predictably create, change, and improve infrastructure

★ STARS

48.4k

⑂ FORKS

9.5k

OPEN PROJECT
// DATABASE№ 010
Gogs

Gogs

★ FEATUREDGO

Lightweight, cross-platform Git service for self-hosting. Easy installation, minimal requirements, runs on Raspberry Pi. 100% open source and free.

★ STARS

47.5k

⑂ FORKS

5.1k

OPEN PROJECT
// AI & ML№ 011
LocalAI

LocalAI

GO

Free, open source OpenAI alternative

★ STARS

46.1k

⑂ FORKS

1.8k

OPEN PROJECT
// AI & ML№ 012
Milvus

Milvus

★ FEATUREDGO

Open-source vector database optimized for similarity search, scaling to billions of vectors with minimal performance loss

★ STARS

44.2k

⑂ FORKS

4.0k

OPEN PROJECT
// DATABASE№ 013
TiDB

TiDB

GO

TiDB is an open-source, cloud-native, distributed, MySQL-compatible database

★ STARS

40.1k

⑂ FORKS

6.2k

OPEN PROJECT
// AUTH & SECURITY№ 014
Vault

Vault

GO

A tool for secrets management, encryption as a service, and privileged access management

★ STARS

35.6k

⑂ FORKS

4.7k

OPEN PROJECT
// DEVOPS№ 015
Harness

Harness

★ FEATUREDGO

Streamline code delivery with an open-source CI/CD platform featuring Git integration, fast pipelines, and hosted development environments.

★ STARS

35.6k

⑂ FORKS

3.1k

OPEN PROJECT
// AI & ML№ 016
1Panel

1Panel

★ FEATUREDGO

Comprehensive web-based tool for Linux server administration with integrated website, database, container, and LLM management capabilities.

★ STARS

35.3k

⑂ FORKS

3.1k

OPEN PROJECT
// DEVOPS№ 017
CasaOS

CasaOS

★ FEATUREDGO

CasaOS is an open-source personal cloud system that makes it easy to set up and manage your own home server

★ STARS

33.8k

⑂ FORKS

1.9k

OPEN PROJECT
// DATABASE№ 018
CockroachDB

CockroachDB

GO

CockroachDB is a distributed SQL database built on a transactional and strongly-consistent key-value store

★ STARS

32.1k

⑂ FORKS

3.9k

OPEN PROJECT
// AUTH & SECURITY№ 019
Tailscale

Tailscale

★ FEATUREDGO

Deploy a modern WireGuard-based VPN with zero configuration. Connect devices securely across clouds, VPCs, and on-premises networks without firewall rules.

★ STARS

31.3k

⑂ FORKS

2.5k

OPEN PROJECT
// AUTH & SECURITY№ 020
Ntfy

Ntfy

★ FEATUREDGO

A lightweight, open-source solution for sending real-time notifications to your devices, with end-to-end encryption and no sign-up required.

★ STARS

30.1k

⑂ FORKS

1.3k

OPEN PROJECT
// DEVOPS№ 021
OpenTofu

OpenTofu

GO

A community-driven, truly open-source fork of Terraform for managing cloud infrastructure through code.

★ STARS

28.6k

⑂ FORKS

1.2k

OPEN PROJECT
// AUTH & SECURITY№ 022
ProjectDiscovery

ProjectDiscovery

GO

Monitor infrastructure for exploitable vulnerabilities with real-time detection, automated workflows, and zero false positives.

★ STARS

28.3k

⑂ FORKS

3.4k

OPEN PROJECT
// AUTH & SECURITY№ 023
Authelia

Authelia

GO

The Single Sign-On Multi-Factor portal for web apps

★ STARS

27.7k

⑂ FORKS

1.1k

OPEN PROJECT
// DEVOPS№ 024
Pulumi

Pulumi

GO

Pulumi enables developers to define and manage cloud infrastructure using familiar programming languages instead of domain-specific languages.

★ STARS

25.2k

⑂ FORKS

1.4k

OPEN PROJECT
// AUTH & SECURITY№ 025
Netbird

Netbird

GO

Open source platform combining WireGuard overlay networks with Zero Trust access controls. Features SSO, MFA, device posture checks, and granular policies for secure remote connectivity.

★ STARS

25.1k

⑂ FORKS

1.3k

OPEN PROJECT
// DEVOPS№ 026
ArgoCD

ArgoCD

GO

Declarative Continuous Delivery for Kubernetes

★ STARS

22.8k

⑂ FORKS

5.2k

OPEN PROJECT
// DEVELOPER TOOLS№ 027
Navidrome

Navidrome

GO

Self-hosted music streaming server that makes your personal collection accessible through web interface and mobile apps. Fast, lightweight, handles large libraries.

★ STARS

21.0k

⑂ FORKS

1.5k

OPEN PROJECT
// AUTH & SECURITY№ 028
Teleport

Teleport

GO

The easiest, and most secure way to access and protect all your infrastructure

★ STARS

20.3k

⑂ FORKS

1.8k

OPEN PROJECT
// AI & ML№ 029
WaveTerm

WaveTerm

GO

Enhance your terminal with AI, file previews, and web browsing. Available on MacOS, Linux, and Windows.

★ STARS

20.2k

⑂ FORKS

960

OPEN PROJECT
// DEVOPS№ 030
Temporal

Temporal

GO

Open source platform that eliminates infrastructure complexity by handling failures, network issues, and long-running processes to ensure reliable workflow execution

★ STARS

20.1k

⑂ FORKS

1.6k

OPEN PROJECT

// FREQUENTLY ASKED

What are the best open source Go projects?

The most popular by GitHub stars are Ollama, Kubernetes, Prometheus, MinIO, Memos — see all 105 above.

What is the most popular Go project?

Ollama (170,983 stars). Get up and running with large language models locally

How is this list updated?

Star counts and project metadata are refreshed nightly from the GitHub API.