Top 23 Go Utility Projects

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1. qrcp

   1 16 10,498 5.1 Go

   :zap: Transfer files over wifi from your computer to your mobile device by scanning a QR code without leaving the terminal.

   

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3. asciigraph

   2 5 3,085 8.3 Go

   Go package to make lightweight ASCII line graph ╭┈╯ in command line apps with no other dependencies.

   

   Project mention: Asciigraph: Go pkg to make lightweight ASCII graph in CLI with zero dependencies | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-28

4. jj

   3 10 2,062 2.6 Go

   JSON Stream Editor (command line utility) (by tidwall)

   

   Project mention: A Faster Alternative to Jq | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-27

   I've been using jj, which apparently is also faster than jq https://github.com/tidwall/jj

5. pie

   4 3 2,037 0.0 Go

   🍕 Enjoy a slice! A utility library for dealing with slices and maps that focuses on type safety and performance. (by elliotchance)

   

6. fp-go

   5 5 2,018 9.7 Go

   Functional programming library for Go 1.24+, inspired by fp-ts. Uses generic type aliases for a clean, composable API. Provides Option, Either, Result, IO, IOResult, Reader, and ReaderIOResult monads, plus optics (Lens, Prism, Traversal) for immutable data manipulation. Supports Functor, Applicative, and Monad abstractions with do-notation-style

   

   Project mention: FP-Go V2: Enhanced Functional Programming for Go 1.24 | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-12

7. fac

   6 0 1,857 4.0 Go

   Easy-to-use CUI for fixing git conflicts

   

8. xurls

   7 1 1,264 6.1 Go

   Extract urls from text

   

9. k2tf

   8 4 1,232 0.0 Go

   Kubernetes YAML to Terraform HCL converter

   

10. addlicense

    9 1 883 7.3 Go

    A program which ensures source code files have copyright license headers by scanning directory patterns recursively

    

11. version-checker

    10 3 777 7.8 Go

    Kubernetes utility for exposing image versions in use, compared to latest available upstream, as metrics.

    

12. Koazee

    11 0 529 0.0 Go

    A StreamLike, Immutable, Lazy Loading and smart Golang Library to deal with slices.

    

13. wallutils

    12 1 522 6.8 Go

    :city_sunset: Utilities for handling monitors, resolutions, wallpapers and timed wallpapers + display available VRAM

    

14. strutil-go

    13 1 420 4.3 Go

    Go metrics for calculating string similarity and other string utility functions (by adrg)

    

15. bat

    14 9 373 5.6 Go

    Battery management utility for Linux laptops. (by tshakalekholoane)

    

16. g

    15 2 356 6.9 Go

    powerful and cross-platform ls 🌈 (by equationzhao)

    

17. gotabulate

    16 0 339 0.0 Go

    Gotabulate - Easily pretty-print your tabular data with Go

    

18. autosaved

    17 8 330 0.0 Go

    Never worry about losing your code. Written in Go

    

19. util

    18 0 299 0.0 Go

    A collection of useful utility functions (by shomali11)

    

20. wifiqr

    19 6 287 3.9 Go

    Create a QR code with your Wi-Fi login details

    

21. dotfiles

    20 2 256 5.3 Go

    dotfiles symbolic links management CLI (by rhysd)

    

22. md2pdf

    21 1 232 2.7 Go

    A CLI utility that generates PDFs from Markdown. Features: syntax highlighting (for code blocks), dark, light and custom themes, TOC autogeneration, tables, pagination control (using horizontal lines - especially useful for presentations), page Footer (consisting of author, title and page number), support of non-Latin charsets and multiple fonts (by solworktech)

    

23. markpdf

    22 0 211 0.0 Go

    Watermark PDF files using image or text

    

24. radix

    23 0 197 0.0 Go

    A fast string sorting algorithm (MSD radix sort)

    

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