2 "Title": "The Go Project",
6 <img class="gopher" src="/doc/gopher/project.png" />
8 <div id="manual-nav"></div>
11 Go is an open source project developed by a team at
12 <a href="//google.com/">Google</a> and many
13 <a href="/CONTRIBUTORS">contributors</a> from the open source community.
17 Go is distributed under a <a href="/LICENSE">BSD-style license</a>.
20 <h3 id="announce"><a href="//groups.google.com/group/golang-announce">Announcements Mailing List</a></h3>
22 A low traffic mailing list for important announcements, such as new releases.
25 We encourage all Go users to subscribe to
26 <a href="//groups.google.com/group/golang-announce">golang-announce</a>.
30 <h2 id="go1">Version history</h2>
32 <h3 id="release"><a href="/doc/devel/release.html">Release History</a></h3>
34 <p>A <a href="/doc/devel/release.html">summary</a> of the changes between Go releases. Notes for the major releases:</p>
37 <li><a href="/doc/go1.4">Go 1.4</a> <small>(December 2014)</small></li>
38 <li><a href="/doc/go1.3">Go 1.3</a> <small>(June 2014)</small></li>
39 <li><a href="/doc/go1.2">Go 1.2</a> <small>(December 2013)</small></li>
40 <li><a href="/doc/go1.1">Go 1.1</a> <small>(May 2013)</small></li>
41 <li><a href="/doc/go1">Go 1</a> <small>(March 2012)</small></li>
44 <h3 id="go1compat"><a href="/doc/go1compat">Go 1 and the Future of Go Programs</a></h3>
46 What Go 1 defines and the backwards-compatibility guarantees one can expect as
51 <h2 id="resources">Developer Resources</h2>
53 <h3 id="source"><a href="https://golang.org/change">Source Code</a></h3>
54 <p>Check out the Go source code.</p>
56 <h3 id="golang-dev"><a href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-dev">Developer</a> and
57 <a href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-codereviews">Code Review Mailing List</a></h3>
58 <p>The <a href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-dev">golang-dev</a>
59 mailing list is for discussing code changes to the Go project.
60 The <a href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-codereviews">golang-codereviews</a>
61 mailing list is for actual reviewing of the code changes (CLs).</p>
63 <p>For general discussion of Go programming, see <a
64 href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-nuts">golang-nuts</a>.</p>
66 <h3 id="golang-checkins"><a href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-checkins">Checkins Mailing List</a></h3>
67 <p>A mailing list that receives a message summarizing each checkin to the Go repository.</p>
69 <h3 id="golang-bugs"><a href="https://groups.google.com/group/golang-bugs">Bugs Mailing List</a></h3>
70 <p>A mailing list that receives each update to the Go <a href="//golang.org/issue">issue tracker</a>.</p>
72 <h3 id="build_status"><a href="//build.golang.org/">Build Status</a></h3>
73 <p>View the status of Go builds across the supported operating
74 systems and architectures.</p>
77 <h2 id="howto">How you can help</h2>
79 <h3><a href="//golang.org/issue">Reporting issues</a></h3>
82 If you spot bugs, mistakes, or inconsistencies in the Go project's code or
83 documentation, please let us know by
84 <a href="//golang.org/issue/new">filing a ticket</a>
85 on our <a href="//golang.org/issue">issue tracker</a>.
86 (Of course, you should check it's not an existing issue before creating
91 We pride ourselves on being meticulous; no issue is too small.
94 <h3><a href="/doc/contribute.html">Contributing code</a></h3>
97 Go is an open source project and we welcome contributions from the community.
100 To get started, read these <a href="/doc/contribute.html">contribution
101 guidelines</a> for information on design, testing, and our code review process.
104 Check <a href="//golang.org/issue">the tracker</a> for
105 open issues that interest you. Those labeled
106 <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Ahelpwanted">helpwanted</a>
107 are particularly in need of outside help.