vscode-go VS Go for Visual Studio Code

Compare vscode-go vs Go for Visual Studio Code and see what are their differences.

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vscode-go Go for Visual Studio Code
36 3
3,729 5,981
1.4% -
9.0 7.6
12 days ago almost 4 years ago
TypeScript TypeScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later -
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vscode-go

Posts with mentions or reviews of vscode-go. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-09.

Go for Visual Studio Code

Posts with mentions or reviews of Go for Visual Studio Code. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-30.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vscode-go and Go for Visual Studio Code you can also consider the following projects:

goimports-reviser - Right imports sorting & code formatting tool (goimports alternative)

Local Golang playground - GNU/Emacs mode that setup local Go playground for code snippets like play.golang.org or even better :)

LiteIDE - LiteIDE is a simple, open source, cross-platform Go IDE.

vim-go - Go development plugin for Vim

vscode-go-doc - An Microsoft Visual Code extension for Golang to print symbol definition to output

Goclipse

GNU/Emacs go-mode - Emacs mode for the Go programming language

GoSublime - A Golang plugin collection for SublimeText 3, providing code completion and other IDE-like features.

go-lang-idea-plugin - Google Go language IDE built using the IntelliJ Platform

gocode - An autocompletion daemon for the Go programming language