googleapis

    googleapis/google-cloud-go

    Google Cloud Client Libraries for Go.

    backend
    cloud-bigquery
    cloud-datastore
    cloud-pubsub
    cloud-storage
    go
    Go
    Apache-2.0
    4.5K stars
    1.6K forks
    4.5K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 26, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 4 days ago, with 394 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #94 in the weekly ranking the week of Feb 22, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides Go client libraries to interact with various Google Cloud Platform services.
    • Enables seamless integration with Google Cloud APIs using idiomatic Go code and automatic authentication.
    • Use for building scalable cloud-native applications leveraging Google Cloud services in Go.
    • Use for automating data workflows with Google Cloud BigQuery, Datastore, Pub/Sub, and Storage APIs.
    • Use for developing serverless functions and microservices on Google Cloud Run and Cloud Functions using Go.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    Go packages for Google Cloud Platform services.

    NOTE: Some of these packages are under development, and may occasionally make backwards-incompatible changes.

    Excerpt from the googleapis/google-cloud-go README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    1.6K+29

    Open issues

    399-9

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