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Detect Go in any GitHub repo

Go is Google's compiled language for simple, concurrent, statically linked services and CLIs.

Why show Go on your README

Go repos are detected from go.mod; the card adds the Docker, Kubernetes and CI signals that usually come with Go services.

How Go is detected

Stack Fingerprint reads the repo's full file tree in one GitHub API call and flags Go when it finds any of these:

  • Files or folders: go.mod
  • File extensions: .go

Go README badge

A static badge you can paste anywhere in Markdown:

Go badge

Markdown
![Go](https://img.shields.io/badge/Go-00ACD7?style=for-the-badge&logo=go&logoColor=white)

Or let the repo describe itself

Static badges go stale the moment you swap a dependency. A Stack Fingerprint card is generated from the repo, so Go (and everything around it) appears or disappears on its own:

Tech stack card for gin-gonic/gin
gin-gonic/gin · generated live from the repo
README.md
[![Stack Fingerprint](https://stackfingerprint.vercel.app/api/card?repo=OWNER/REPO)](https://stackfingerprint.vercel.app/?repo=OWNER/REPO)

Replace OWNER/REPO with your repository, or open the builder to pick a theme and layout.