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Go

Who runs Go, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest programming language alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
Swift

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Go

Go go.dev

Go is an open source programming language that makes it simple to build secure, scalable systems.

Wikidata: programming language developed by Google and the open-source community

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Go tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

13 of the 20 alternatives below have fewer, 2 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
2 tools
  • Tag manager

    Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.

  • Third-party embeds

    Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Go

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Go, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than GoNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

20 of the 60 sites closest to Go match.

  1. 01
    Swift swift.org English No trackers

    Swift Programming Language

    Swift is a general-purpose programming language built using a modern approach to safety, performance, and software design patterns.

    Compare Swift with Go →
  2. 02
    rust-lang.org English 1 tracker

    Rust Programming Language

    A language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

    Compare rust-lang.org with Go →
  3. 03
    kotlinlang.org English 2 trackers

    Kotlin Programming Language

    Kotlin is a concise and multiplatform programming language by JetBrains. Enjoy coding and build backend, mobile, web, and desktop applications efficiently.

    Compare kotlinlang.org with Go →
  4. 04
    Python python.org Top 1K English No trackers

    Welcome to Python.org

    The official home of the Python Programming Language

    Compare Python with Go →
  5. 05
    PHP php.net Top 1K English 1 tracker

    PHP

    PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.

    Compare PHP with Go →
  6. 06
    Raku® raku.org English No trackers

    Raku®

    The Raku® programming language.

    Compare Raku® with Go →
  7. 07
    julialang.org English No trackers

    The Julia Programming Language

    Julia is a fast, dynamic, open-source programming language for scientific computing, data science, machine learning and more. Download Julia, learn the language, and explore its packages and community.

    Compare julialang.org with Go →
  8. 08
    R Project r-project.org Top 10K English No trackers

    R: The R Project for Statistical Computing

    programming language for statistical analysis

    Compare R Project with Go →
  9. 09
    Java java.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Java | Oracle

    Get started with Java today

    Compare Java with Go →
  10. 10
    Node.js nodejs.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Node.js — Run JavaScript Everywhere

    Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.

    Compare Node.js with Go →
  11. 11
    Angular angular.dev English No trackers

    Home • Angular

    The web development framework for building modern apps.

    Compare Angular with Go →
  12. 12
    docs.rs Top 10K English No trackers

    Docs.rs

    official documentation website for Rust libraries

    Compare docs.rs with Go →
  13. 13
    Drupal drupal.org Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Client Challenge

    free and open-source web content management system

    Compare Drupal with Go →
  14. 14
    gohugo.io Top 10K English 1 tracker

    The world's fastest framework for building websites

    Hugo is one of the most popular open-source static site generators. With its amazing speed and flexibility, Hugo makes building websites fun again.

    Compare gohugo.io with Go →
  15. 15
    Svelte svelte.dev English No trackers

    Svelte • Web development for the rest of us

    Web development for the rest of us

    Compare Svelte with Go →
  16. 16
    crates.io English No trackers

    crates.io: Rust Package Registry

    crates.io serves as a central registry for sharing crates, which are packages or libraries written in Rust that you can use to enhance your projects

    Compare crates.io with Go →
  17. 17
    Perl perl.org Top 10K English 1 tracker

    The Perl Programming Language - www.perl.org

    The Perl Programming Language at Perl.org. Links and other helpful resources for new and experienced Perl programmers.

    Compare Perl with Go →
  18. 18
    JSDoc jsdoc.app English No trackers

    Use JSDoc: Index

    Official documentation for JSDoc.

    Compare JSDoc with Go →
  19. 19
    web.dev Top 10K English No trackers

    web.dev

    Guidance to build modern web experiences that work on any browser.

    Compare web.dev with Go →
  20. 20
    PostgreSQL postgresql.org Top 10K English No trackers

    PostgreSQL: The world's most advanced open source database

    The official site for PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced open source database

    Compare PostgreSQL with Go →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Go’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Go uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Go adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 7 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,197
Vector
384-d
Query
96 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Go’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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