golangorg

golang.org is the official website of the Go programming language, also known as Golang. Maintained by the Go project, it serves as a central hub for language information, documentation, and developer resources.

The site provides access to official documentation, including the language specification and the standard library reference, as well as tutorials and learning materials such as the Tour of Go. It offers download pages for Go binaries across major operating systems, links to release notes, and information on the language’s release cycle. Visitors can also discover tooling, libraries, and ecosystem resources that are commonly used with Go.

As an open-source project, Go is released under a BSD-style license, and golang.org presents governance and contribution information. The site explains how to contribute to the language and its tooling through the Go project, directs users to issue trackers, mailing lists, and the community forums, and points to translations and localizations of documentation where available.

Historically, Go was developed at Google with input from the broader community and was publicly announced in 2009. It has since grown into a widely used language for cloud infrastructure, networking, and performance-critical software, known for its simple syntax, fast compilation, and strong standard library.

In addition to core documentation, golang.org links to related resources such as the Go Blog and interactive playgrounds, and it serves as a gateway to the broader Go ecosystem and community events.