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goscan measures go mod popularity by scanning go.mod files from popular golang repos on github. I built this for personal use because I always have trouble picking dependencies. Once I got a look at the data I decided to clean it up and release.

Popular Golang Mods

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Used By Used	Mod	Stars	Issues	Updated	Created
210	stretchr/testify A toolkit with common assertions and mocks that plays nicely with the standard library	25,749	374	73 days	2012
144	google/uuid Go package for UUIDs based on RFC 4122 and DCE 1.1: Authentication and Security Services.	5,983	53	452 days	2016
129	spf13/cobra A Commander for modern Go CLI interactions	43,094	345	61 days	2013
116	google.golang.org/ protobuf	—	—	—	—
109	prometheus/client_golang Prometheus instrumentation library for Go applications	5,904	129	8 days	2013
108	google.golang.org/ grpc	—	—	—	—
106	gopkg.in/ yaml.v3	—	—	—	—
89	google/go-cmp Package for comparing Go values in tests	4,589	51	24 days	2017
86	pkg/errors Simple error handling primitives	8,234	42	1,560 days	2015
86	spf13/pflag Drop-in replacement for Go's flag package, implementing POSIX/GNU-style --flags.	2,699	145	30 days	2013
81	gorilla/websocket Package gorilla/websocket is a fast, well-tested and widely used WebSocket implementation for Go.	24,492	68	327 days	2013
76	sirupsen/logrus Structured, pluggable logging for Go.	25,689	70	4 days	2013
74	fsnotify/fsnotify Cross-platform filesystem notifications for Go.	10,537	36	67 days	2014
68	go.opentelemetry.io/otel	—	—	—	—
66	google.golang.org/ api	—	—	—	—
65	fatih/color Color package for Go (golang)	7,871	31	8 days	2014
60	aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config AWS SDK for the Go programming language.	3,445	99	3 days	2017
60	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace	—	—	—	—
59	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk	—	—	—	—
58	aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 AWS SDK for the Go programming language.	3,445	99	3 days	2017
56	gorilla/mux Package gorilla/mux is a powerful HTTP router and URL matcher for building Go web servers with 🦍	21,791	34	543 days	2012
56	k8s.io/apimachinery	—	—	—	—
52	go-sql-driver/mysql Go MySQL Driver is a MySQL driver for Go's (golang) database/sql package	15,416	71	241 days	2012
51	docker/docker The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems	71,452	3,788	3 days	2013
49	spf13/viper Go configuration with fangs	29,956	119	28 days	2014
49	k8s.io/client-go	—	—	—	—
48	dustin/go-humanize Go Humans! (formatters for units to human friendly sizes)	4,796	47	14 days	2012
47	klauspost/compress Optimized Go Compression Packages	5,390	3	4 days	2015
47	k8s.io/api	—	—	—	—
46	golang-jwt/jwt/v5 Go implementation of JSON Web Tokens (JWT).	8,888	35	8 days	2021
46	lib/pq Go PostgreSQL driver for database/sql	9,787	85	11 days	2012
46	mattn/go-isatty	887	15	555 days	2014
45	gopkg.in/ yaml.v2	—	—	—	—
43	prometheus/client_model Data model artifacts for Prometheus.	77	0	13 days	2013
43	prometheus/common Go libraries shared across Prometheus components and libraries.	291	71	7 days	2015
42	aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials AWS SDK for the Go programming language.	3,445	99	3 days	2017
42	go.uber.org/zap	—	—	—	—
40	aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3 AWS SDK for the Go programming language.	3,445	99	3 days	2017
40	miekg/dns DNS library in Go	8,631	2	8 days	2010
38	mattn/go-sqlite3 sqlite3 driver for go using database/sql	8,955	212	24 days	2011
37	Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore This repository is for active development of the Azure SDK for Go. For consumers of the SDK we recommend visiting our public developer docs at:	1,794	291	2 days	2014
37	sigs.k8s.io/yaml	—	—	—	—
36	cloud.google.com/go/storage	—	—	—	—
36	golang/protobuf Go support for Google's protocol buffers	10,062	113	553 days	2014
35	Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity This repository is for active development of the Azure SDK for Go. For consumers of the SDK we recommend visiting our public developer docs at:	1,794	291	2 days	2014
35	json-iterator/go A high-performance 100% compatible drop-in replacement of "encoding/json"	13,936	272	623 days	2016
35	redis/go-redis/v9 Redis Go client	21,902	68	3 days	2012
33	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.	87,917	885	13 days	2014
33	hashicorp/go-version A Go (golang) library for parsing and verifying versions and version constraints.	1,742	33	6 days	2014
33	hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 Golang LRU cache	4,959	57	15 days	2014

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Popular Golang Repos

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Stars	Repository	Go LOC	Test LOC	Released
161,874	ollama/ollama Get up and running with Kimi-K2.5, GLM-4.7, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models.	144,748	65,124	8 days
120,294	kubernetes/kubernetes Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management	2,563,221	1,169,625	54 days
104,229	fatedier/frp A fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet.	28,502	954	9 days
87,909	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.	17,620	12,411	142 days
86,436	gohugoio/hugo The world’s fastest framework for building websites.	164,418	76,809	7 days
79,662	syncthing/syncthing Open Source Continuous File Synchronization	80,930	28,770	6 days
77,561	junegunn/fzf :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder	23,263	3,313	85 days
71,747	jesseduffield/lazygit simple terminal UI for git commands	247,002	16,518	28 days
71,453	moby/moby The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems	1,163,324	127,916	7 days
69,640	caddyserver/caddy Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS	62,998	19,640	170 days
68,787	base/node Everything required to run your own Base node	660	244	12 days
68,565	nektos/act Run your GitHub Actions locally 🚀	23,265	9,288	39 days
62,568	prometheus/prometheus The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database.	243,194	147,582	33 days
61,464	traefik/traefik The Cloud Native Application Proxy	161,827	105,473	26 days
60,110	minio/minio MinIO is a high-performance, S3 compatible object store, open sourced under GNU AGPLv3 license.	215,385	63,045	116 days
56,593	usememos/memos An open-source, self-hosted note-taking service. Your thoughts, your data, your control — no tracking, no ads, no subscription fees.	29,630	11,858	9 days
55,912	pocketbase/pocketbase Open Source realtime backend in 1 file	94,678	56,708	8 days
55,360	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	231,243	53,673	10 days
53,579	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	337,652	103,525	18 days
53,277	wagoodman/dive A tool for exploring each layer in a docker image	9,142	2,545	317 days
51,460	etcd-io/etcd Distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system	148,528	73,035	54 days
50,786	ethereum/go-ethereum Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol	272,456	108,112	27 days
49,528	jesseduffield/lazydocker The lazier way to manage everything docker	115,527	1,079	23 days
48,962	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。	88,548	5,920	5 days
47,610	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.	474,642	288,292	12 days
47,525	gogs/gogs Gogs is a painless self-hosted Git service	43,774	7,653	8 days
46,927	v2ray/v2ray-core A platform for building proxies to bypass network restrictions.	47,961	17,163	1,948 days
43,086	spf13/cobra A Commander for modern Go CLI interactions	12,824	7,670	67 days
42,643	milvus-io/milvus Milvus is a high-performance, cloud-native vector database built for scalable vector ANN search	654,468	343,404	4 days
42,611	mudler/LocalAI :robot: The free, Open Source alternative to OpenAI, Claude and others. Self-hosted and local-first. Drop-in replacement, running on consumer-grade hardware. No GPU required. Runs gguf, transformers, diffusers and many more. Features: Generate Text, MCP, Audio, Video, Images, Voice Cloning, Distributed, P2P and decentralized inference	294,214	255,236	17 days
42,357	cli/cli GitHub’s official command line tool	181,953	111,723	19 days
39,694	pingcap/tidb TiDB - the open-source, cloud-native, distributed SQL database designed for modern applications.	1,148,854	495,301	25 days
39,679	evanw/esbuild An extremely fast bundler for the web	119,404	49,306	4 days
39,470	go-gorm/gorm The fantastic ORM library for Golang, aims to be developer friendly	33,729	21,237	99 days
39,216	photoprism/photoprism AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web 🌈💎✨	220,552	111,628	70 days
39,113	gofiber/fiber ⚡️ Express inspired web framework written in Go	71,290	52,807	7 days
39,103	charmbracelet/bubbletea A powerful little TUI framework 🏗	10,362	2,468	145 days
38,860	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.	23,381	7,791	4 days
37,903	istio/istio Connect, secure, control, and observe services.	417,628	226,851	20 days
36,946	docker/compose Define and run multi-container applications with Docker	31,680	9,916	19 days
34,968	hashicorp/vault A tool for secrets management, encryption as a service, and privileged access management	508,767	241,193	33 days
34,923	juanfont/headscale An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server	83,594	55,838	5 days
34,812	XTLS/Xray-core Xray, Penetrates Everything. Also the best v2ray-core. Where the magic happens. An open platform for various uses.	82,755	21,468	5 days
34,073	schollz/croc Easily and securely send things from one computer to another :crocodile: :package:	6,553	1,602	81 days
33,855	harness/harness Harness Open Source is an end-to-end developer platform with Source Control Management, CI/CD Pipelines, Hosted Developer Environments, and Artifact Registries.	239,564	34,086	174 days
33,318	filebrowser/filebrowser 📂 Web File Browser	8,701	948	8 days
33,193	1Panel-dev/1Panel 🔥 1Panel offers an intuitive web interface for Linux server, making it easy to manage OpenClaw agents, LLMs, websites, databases, containers, files, and scheduled tasks.	126,879	190	24 days
33,174	v2fly/v2ray-core A platform for building proxies to bypass network restrictions.	103,864	22,479	25 days
33,125	IceWhaleTech/CasaOS CasaOS - A simple, easy-to-use, elegant open-source Personal Cloud system.	9,752	172	417 days
32,697	derailed/k9s 🐶 Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!	58,184	19,271	29 days

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