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    #580 this week

    Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol

    blockchain
    ethereum
    geth
    go
    p2p
    Go
    LGPL-3.0
    51.4K stars
    22.1K forks
    51.4K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 22, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    Ranks #580 of 3,103 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 19%).

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest today, with 444 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #51 in the weekly ranking the week of Jul 26, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Implements the Ethereum protocol in Go, providing a full node client and developer tools for blockchain interaction.
    • Offers a comprehensive, production-ready Ethereum client with built-in JSON-RPC APIs and multiple node operation modes.
    • Use for running a full Ethereum node to interact with the mainnet or testnets for account management and contract deployment.
    • Use for developing and debugging Ethereum smart contracts using the EVM utility and contract ABI code generation tools.
    • Use for setting up private Ethereum networks or CI testing environments with simulated or dev mode blockchain backends.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    LGPL 3.0

    Weak copyleft: changes to the licensed code itself must be shared when you distribute it, but code that merely uses it can stay under your own license.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    Golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol.

    Automated builds are available for stable releases and the unstable master branch. Binary archives are published at https://geth.ethereum.org/downloads/.

    For prerequisites and detailed build instructions please read the Installation Instructions.

    Building geth requires both a Go (version 1.23 or later) and a C compiler. You can install them using your favourite package manager. Once the dependencies are installed, run

    The go-ethereum project comes with several wrappers/executables found in the cmd directory.

    Excerpt from the ethereum/go-ethereum README on GitHub (LGPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Jul 27: +5Jul 28: -1Jul 29: +8Jul 30: +7Jul 31: +1Aug 1: +2Aug 4: -4Aug 5: +3Aug 6: +2Aug 19: +6

    +178 stars over 88 days across 17 snapshot days; best day +8 on Jul 29.

    Forks

    22.1K+101

    Open issues

    481+95

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