go

Install command:
brew install go

Also known as: go@1.27, golang, google-go

Open source programming language to build simple/reliable/efficient software

https://go.dev/

License: BSD-3-Clause

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/go.json

Formula code: go.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 1.27.3
head ⚡️ HEAD

Other versions:

go@1.26 1.26.10 Open source programming language to build simple/reliable/efficient software
go@1.25 1.25.14 Open source programming language to build simple/reliable/efficient software
go@1.24 1.24.13 Open source programming language to build simple/reliable/efficient software
go@1.23 1.23.12 Open source programming language to build simple/reliable/efficient software
go@1.22 1.22.12 Open source programming language to build simple/reliable/efficient software

Requires: macOS >= 12

Binaries: go, gofmt

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days663,775
Downloads26,573,998
Analytics install events (30 days)166,865
Downloads / install events (30 days)4.0×

Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-03T00:38:25Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-04 to 2026-11-03. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.

Analytics:

30 days90 days365 days
Installs166,708400,8481,643,760
Installs (--HEAD)1574251,751
Installs on Request103,480273,4311,238,307
Installs on Request (--HEAD)1564241,750
Build Errors1,966
Build Errors (--HEAD)5