Go IDEs & Tools

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This page lists the IDEs, editors and language tooling commonly used to write and debug Go code. Most editors get their Go features from the same language server, so the choice is largely about workflow and preference.

IDEs

  • GoLand — a Go-specific IDE with refactoring, debugging, testing and profiling built in.

Editors with extensions

  • VS Code Go extension — the official Go extension for Visual Studio Code, with debugging, testing and gopls integration.

  • Neovim — a modal editor that uses gopls through its built-in language server client.

Language tooling

  • gopls — the official Go language server that powers completion, navigation and refactoring in most editors.

See also