Google Go Style Guide

Canonical Google guidance for readable and consistent Go style, centered on clarity, simplicity, concision, maintainability, and consistency.

• Author: Google
• Authority: community
• Kind: guide
• URL: https://google.github.io/styleguide/go/guide

What it covers

• style principles
• formatting and naming
• consistency-oriented style guidance

Why authoritative

Canonical Go style guide used for readability review consistency inside Google.

Use when

• is this Google Go style compliant
• would this pass Google Go readability review
• what does the Google Go style guide say here

Keywords

• google go style, google readability, go style guide, mixedcaps, naming, line length

Used by

• package-names
• docs-comments
• identifier-naming-and-initialisms