AI Launch Profile
pkg.go.dev API
The Go Team launched a read-only v1beta pkg.go.dev API for structured search, package, module, symbol, version, dependency, and vulnerability metadata without scraping the website.
At a glance
Launch Snapshot
- Company
- Launch date
- June 12, 2026
- Launch type
- Not classified
- Category
- Not classified
- Audience
- Go developers, IDE and developer-tool builders, AI coding-assistant teams, dependency-analysis systems, and researchers that need stable Go ecosystem metadata.
- Pricing
- The pkg.go.dev API is a public Go service, and the official launch announcement does not describe a separate paid API plan.
- Free plan
- Not publicly confirmed
- API
- Not publicly confirmed
- Open weights/source
- Not publicly confirmed
Launch Context
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Verification & Sources
- Status
- Verified
- Source links
- 4
- Freshness
- Verified July 9, 2026
- Last verified
- July 9, 2026
- Last updated
- July 9, 2026
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Kingy Launch Score
7.8 / 10 · Solid
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Why this score
- Source & verification 8.5/10 — The official Go Team announcement, API reference, About page, and public source — four dated first-party sources. opensource.googleblog.com
- Product evidence 8.5/10 — A live, public read-only API with a reference and open source for the underlying service. pkg.go.dev
- Significance & novelty 6.0/10 — An official, cacheable interface replacing website scraping for Go ecosystem metadata — solid infrastructure utility in v1beta. pkg.go.dev
- Traction signals not scored — insufficient sourced evidence
- Offer clarity 8.0/10 — A public Go service; the launch announcement describes no separate paid API plan. pkg.go.dev
Evidence checked 2026-07-10
Kingy AI Take
The Go Team launched a read-only v1beta pkg.go.dev API for structured package, module, symbol, dependency, and vulnerability metadata, replacing brittle website scraping (opensource.googleblog.com). Go Developers, IDE Builders, and AI Coding-Assistant Teams get an official, cacheable interface with public source and no separate paid plan. The endpoints are v1beta with schema evolution expected, so build versioning, caching, and failure handling into integrations from day one.
Who it is for
Go developers, IDE and developer-tool builders, AI coding-assistant teams, dependency-analysis systems, and researchers that need stable Go ecosystem metadata.
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