| <!--{ |
| "Title": "The Go Project", |
| "Path": "/project/" |
| }--> |
| |
| <img class="gopher" src="/doc/gopher/project.png" /> |
| |
| <div id="manual-nav"></div> |
| |
| <p> |
| Go is an open source project developed by a team at |
| <a href="//google.com/">Google</a> and many |
| <a href="/CONTRIBUTORS">contributors</a> from the open source community. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Go is distributed under a <a href="/LICENSE">BSD-style license</a>. |
| </p> |
| |
| <h3 id="announce"><a href="//groups.google.com/group/golang-announce">Announcements Mailing List</a></h3> |
| <p> |
| A low traffic mailing list for important announcements, such as new releases. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| We encourage all Go users to subscribe to |
| <a href="//groups.google.com/group/golang-announce">golang-announce</a>. |
| </p> |
| |
| |
| <h2 id="go1">Version history</h2> |
| |
| <h3 id="release"><a href="/doc/devel/release.html">Release History</a></h3> |
| |
| <p>A <a href="/doc/devel/release.html">summary</a> of the changes between Go releases. Notes for the major releases:</p> |
| |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="/doc/go1.7">Go 1.7</a> <small>(August 2016)</small></li> |
| <li><a href="/doc/go1.6">Go 1.6</a> <small>(February 2016)</small></li> |
| <li><a href="/doc/go1.5">Go 1.5</a> <small>(August 2015)</small></li> |
| <li><a href="/doc/go1.4">Go 1.4</a> <small>(December 2014)</small></li> |
| <li><a href="/doc/go1.3">Go 1.3</a> <small>(June 2014)</small></li> |
| <li><a href="/doc/go1.2">Go 1.2</a> <small>(December 2013)</small></li> |
| <li><a href="/doc/go1.1">Go 1.1</a> <small>(May 2013)</small></li> |
| <li><a href="/doc/go1">Go 1</a> <small>(March 2012)</small></li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <h3 id="go1compat"><a href="/doc/go1compat">Go 1 and the Future of Go Programs</a></h3> |
| <p> |
| What Go 1 defines and the backwards-compatibility guarantees one can expect as |
| Go 1 matures. |
| </p> |
| |
| |
| <h2 id="resources">Developer Resources</h2> |
| |
| <h3 id="source"><a href="https://golang.org/change">Source Code</a></h3> |
| <p>Check out the Go source code.</p> |
| |
| <h3 id="golang-dev"><a href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-dev">Developer</a> and |
| <a href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-codereviews">Code Review Mailing List</a></h3> |
| <p>The <a href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-dev">golang-dev</a> |
| mailing list is for discussing code changes to the Go project. |
| The <a href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-codereviews">golang-codereviews</a> |
| mailing list is for actual reviewing of the code changes (CLs).</p> |
| |
| <p>For general discussion of Go programming, see <a |
| href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-nuts">golang-nuts</a>.</p> |
| |
| <h3 id="golang-checkins"><a href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-checkins">Checkins Mailing List</a></h3> |
| <p>A mailing list that receives a message summarizing each checkin to the Go repository.</p> |
| |
| <h3 id="build_status"><a href="//build.golang.org/">Build Status</a></h3> |
| <p>View the status of Go builds across the supported operating |
| systems and architectures.</p> |
| |
| |
| <h2 id="howto">How you can help</h2> |
| |
| <h3><a href="//golang.org/issue">Reporting issues</a></h3> |
| |
| <p> |
| If you spot bugs, mistakes, or inconsistencies in the Go project's code or |
| documentation, please let us know by |
| <a href="//golang.org/issue/new">filing a ticket</a> |
| on our <a href="//golang.org/issue">issue tracker</a>. |
| (Of course, you should check it's not an existing issue before creating |
| a new one.) |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| We pride ourselves on being meticulous; no issue is too small. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Security-related issues should be reported to |
| <a href="mailto:security@golang.org">security@golang.org</a>.<br> |
| See the <a href="/security">security policy</a> for more details. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Community-related issues should be reported to |
| <a href="mailto:conduct@golang.org">conduct@golang.org</a>.<br> |
| See the <a href="/conduct">Code of Conduct</a> for more details. |
| </p> |
| |
| <h3><a href="/doc/contribute.html">Contributing code</a></h3> |
| |
| <p> |
| Go is an open source project and we welcome contributions from the community. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| To get started, read these <a href="/doc/contribute.html">contribution |
| guidelines</a> for information on design, testing, and our code review process. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Check <a href="//golang.org/issue">the tracker</a> for |
| open issues that interest you. Those labeled |
| <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Ahelpwanted">helpwanted</a> |
| are particularly in need of outside help. |
| </p> |