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Last GitHub push: May 15, 2026
License: BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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cmd/compile, go/types, types2: rename 'imported and not used' error to 'imported but not used'

NeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #47,089 opened Jul 7, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

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x/exp/cmd/txtar: expansion of environment variables and writing outside of the current directory seems risky

NeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #46,741 opened Jun 14, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

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No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

6 comments3 reactions0 assignees

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cmd/cgo: miscalculates C array offset when C struct has __attribute__((__packed__))

NeedsFixcompiler/runtimehelp wanted

golang/go #46,675 opened Jun 9, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

4 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

runtime: unexpected failure and garbage data when c-shared Go DLL on Windows receives CtrlBreak signal concurrently with runtime initialization

NeedsInvestigationOS-Windowscompiler/runtimehelp wanted

golang/go #46,354 opened May 24, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

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Open

x/website/_content/blog: defer statements execute before/after the caller returns

DocumentationNeedsFixhelp wantedwebsite

golang/go #45,889 opened Apr 30, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

6 comments1 reaction0 assignees

Open

crypto/x509: add a PKITS test

NeedsFixTestinghelp wanted

golang/go #45,857 opened Apr 29, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

6 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

cmd/go: diagnose packages listed in lexically-impossible modules in vendor/modules.txt

GoCommandNeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #45,649 opened Apr 20, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

6 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

cmd/compile, runtime: GOEXPERIMENT to add two non-pointer words to iface/eface

NeedsInvestigationhelp wanted

golang/go #45,494 opened Apr 10, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

9 comments19 reactions0 assignees

Open

cmd/go: 'go list -m' wildcards don't work with version queries

GoCommandNeedsInvestigationhelp wantedmodules

golang/go #45,485 opened Apr 10, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

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4 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

doc: explain when to use -ldflags=-extar when cross-compiling

DocumentationNeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #45,395 opened Apr 5, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

6 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

x/pkgsite: three backticks are turned into a quotation mark followed by a single backtick even in indented block

NeedsInvestigationhelp wantedpkgsitepkgsite/dochtml

golang/go #45,267 opened Mar 28, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · No comments yet

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x/build/maintner: doesn't pick the same Change-Id line as Gerrit when a CL commit message contains more than one such line

BuildersNeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #45,213 opened Mar 24, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

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Open

all: tests that change the working directory should use defer to restore it

NeedsFixTestinghelp wanted

golang/go #45,182 opened Mar 23, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

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20 comments4 reactions0 assignees

Open

testing/fstest: test that ReadDir on file returns error, or returns 0 entries if file is empty

NeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #44,967 opened Mar 12, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

17 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

doc: runtime/pprof: document mutex profiler stack traces

DocumentationNeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #44,920 opened Mar 10, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

8 comments4 reactions0 assignees

Open

x/tools/gopls: 'fix all' code action for selected range

FeatureRequestToolsgoplshelp wanted

golang/go #44,814 opened Mar 5, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · No comments yet

No assignee yetNo comments yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

0 comments1 reaction0 assignees

Open

cmd/cgo: building c-archive with function pointer works with Go 1.14, but not 1.15 and beyond

NeedsFixcompiler/runtimehelp wanted

golang/go #44,648 opened Feb 26, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

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4 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

x/pkgsite: redirect based on custom import paths

NeedsFixhelp wantedpkgsite

golang/go #44,520 opened Feb 23, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

4 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

cmd/internal/moddeps: confusing error message when difference is due to a "replace" directive

NeedsInvestigationTestinghelp wanted

golang/go #44,508 opened Feb 22, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

encoding/xml: document why round-trip stability is not guaranteed

DocumentationNeedsInvestigationhelp wanted

golang/go #44,405 opened Feb 19, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Stars: (133,883 stars)
Forks: (19,008 forks)
Indexed issues: (811 indexed issues)
open beginner issues: (788 open beginner issues)
Latest indexed: Jun 10, 2026
Last GitHub push: May 15, 2026
License: BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Dominant language: Go
PR merge metrics: (No merged PRs in 30d)
Beginner labels: help wanted

Issues

790 open indexed issues

RSS Atom

Open

cmd/compile, go/types, types2: rename 'imported and not used' error to 'imported but not used'

NeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #47,089 opened Jul 7, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

2 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

x/exp/cmd/txtar: expansion of environment variables and writing outside of the current directory seems risky

NeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #46,741 opened Jun 14, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

6 comments3 reactions0 assignees

Open

cmd/cgo: miscalculates C array offset when C struct has __attribute__((__packed__))

NeedsFixcompiler/runtimehelp wanted

golang/go #46,675 opened Jun 9, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

4 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

runtime: unexpected failure and garbage data when c-shared Go DLL on Windows receives CtrlBreak signal concurrently with runtime initialization

NeedsInvestigationOS-Windowscompiler/runtimehelp wanted

golang/go #46,354 opened May 24, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

16 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

x/website/_content/blog: defer statements execute before/after the caller returns

DocumentationNeedsFixhelp wantedwebsite

golang/go #45,889 opened Apr 30, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

6 comments1 reaction0 assignees

Open

crypto/x509: add a PKITS test

NeedsFixTestinghelp wanted

golang/go #45,857 opened Apr 29, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

6 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

cmd/go: diagnose packages listed in lexically-impossible modules in vendor/modules.txt

GoCommandNeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #45,649 opened Apr 20, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

6 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

cmd/compile, runtime: GOEXPERIMENT to add two non-pointer words to iface/eface

NeedsInvestigationhelp wanted

golang/go #45,494 opened Apr 10, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

9 comments19 reactions0 assignees

Open

cmd/go: 'go list -m' wildcards don't work with version queries

GoCommandNeedsInvestigationhelp wantedmodules

golang/go #45,485 opened Apr 10, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

4 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

doc: explain when to use -ldflags=-extar when cross-compiling

DocumentationNeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #45,395 opened Apr 5, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

6 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

x/pkgsite: three backticks are turned into a quotation mark followed by a single backtick even in indented block

NeedsInvestigationhelp wantedpkgsitepkgsite/dochtml

golang/go #45,267 opened Mar 28, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · No comments yet

No assignee yetNo comments yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

0 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

x/build/maintner: doesn't pick the same Change-Id line as Gerrit when a CL commit message contains more than one such line

BuildersNeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #45,213 opened Mar 24, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

1 comment1 reaction0 assignees

Open

all: tests that change the working directory should use defer to restore it

NeedsFixTestinghelp wanted

golang/go #45,182 opened Mar 23, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

20 comments4 reactions0 assignees

Open

testing/fstest: test that ReadDir on file returns error, or returns 0 entries if file is empty

NeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #44,967 opened Mar 12, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

17 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

doc: runtime/pprof: document mutex profiler stack traces

DocumentationNeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #44,920 opened Mar 10, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

8 comments4 reactions0 assignees

Open

x/tools/gopls: 'fix all' code action for selected range

FeatureRequestToolsgoplshelp wanted

golang/go #44,814 opened Mar 5, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · No comments yet

No assignee yetNo comments yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

0 comments1 reaction0 assignees

Open

cmd/cgo: building c-archive with function pointer works with Go 1.14, but not 1.15 and beyond

NeedsFixcompiler/runtimehelp wanted

golang/go #44,648 opened Feb 26, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

4 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

x/pkgsite: redirect based on custom import paths

NeedsFixhelp wantedpkgsite

golang/go #44,520 opened Feb 23, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

4 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

cmd/internal/moddeps: confusing error message when difference is due to a "replace" directive

NeedsInvestigationTestinghelp wanted

golang/go #44,508 opened Feb 22, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

encoding/xml: document why round-trip stability is not guaranteed

DocumentationNeedsInvestigationhelp wanted

golang/go #44,405 opened Feb 19, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Stars: (133,883 stars)
Forks: (19,008 forks)
Indexed issues: (811 indexed issues)
open beginner issues: (788 open beginner issues)
Latest indexed: Jun 10, 2026
Last GitHub push: May 15, 2026
License: BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Dominant language: Go
PR merge metrics: (No merged PRs in 30d)
Beginner labels: help wanted

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790 open indexed issues

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Open

cmd/compile, go/types, types2: rename 'imported and not used' error to 'imported but not used'

NeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #47,089 opened Jul 7, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

2 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

x/exp/cmd/txtar: expansion of environment variables and writing outside of the current directory seems risky

NeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #46,741 opened Jun 14, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

6 comments3 reactions0 assignees

Open

cmd/cgo: miscalculates C array offset when C struct has __attribute__((__packed__))

NeedsFixcompiler/runtimehelp wanted

golang/go #46,675 opened Jun 9, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

4 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

runtime: unexpected failure and garbage data when c-shared Go DLL on Windows receives CtrlBreak signal concurrently with runtime initialization

NeedsInvestigationOS-Windowscompiler/runtimehelp wanted

golang/go #46,354 opened May 24, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

16 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

x/website/_content/blog: defer statements execute before/after the caller returns

DocumentationNeedsFixhelp wantedwebsite

golang/go #45,889 opened Apr 30, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

6 comments1 reaction0 assignees

Open

crypto/x509: add a PKITS test

NeedsFixTestinghelp wanted

golang/go #45,857 opened Apr 29, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

6 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

cmd/go: diagnose packages listed in lexically-impossible modules in vendor/modules.txt

GoCommandNeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #45,649 opened Apr 20, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

6 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

cmd/compile, runtime: GOEXPERIMENT to add two non-pointer words to iface/eface

NeedsInvestigationhelp wanted

golang/go #45,494 opened Apr 10, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

9 comments19 reactions0 assignees

Open

cmd/go: 'go list -m' wildcards don't work with version queries

GoCommandNeedsInvestigationhelp wantedmodules

golang/go #45,485 opened Apr 10, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

4 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

doc: explain when to use -ldflags=-extar when cross-compiling

DocumentationNeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #45,395 opened Apr 5, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

6 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

x/pkgsite: three backticks are turned into a quotation mark followed by a single backtick even in indented block

NeedsInvestigationhelp wantedpkgsitepkgsite/dochtml

golang/go #45,267 opened Mar 28, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · No comments yet

No assignee yetNo comments yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

0 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

x/build/maintner: doesn't pick the same Change-Id line as Gerrit when a CL commit message contains more than one such line

BuildersNeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #45,213 opened Mar 24, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

1 comment1 reaction0 assignees

Open

all: tests that change the working directory should use defer to restore it

NeedsFixTestinghelp wanted

golang/go #45,182 opened Mar 23, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

20 comments4 reactions0 assignees

Open

testing/fstest: test that ReadDir on file returns error, or returns 0 entries if file is empty

NeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #44,967 opened Mar 12, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

17 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

doc: runtime/pprof: document mutex profiler stack traces

DocumentationNeedsFixhelp wanted

golang/go #44,920 opened Mar 10, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

8 comments4 reactions0 assignees

Open

x/tools/gopls: 'fix all' code action for selected range

FeatureRequestToolsgoplshelp wanted

golang/go #44,814 opened Mar 5, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · No comments yet

No assignee yetNo comments yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

0 comments1 reaction0 assignees

Open

cmd/cgo: building c-archive with function pointer works with Go 1.14, but not 1.15 and beyond

NeedsFixcompiler/runtimehelp wanted

golang/go #44,648 opened Feb 26, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

4 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

x/pkgsite: redirect based on custom import paths

NeedsFixhelp wantedpkgsite

golang/go #44,520 opened Feb 23, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

4 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

cmd/internal/moddeps: confusing error message when difference is due to a "replace" directive

NeedsInvestigationTestinghelp wanted

golang/go #44,508 opened Feb 22, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

encoding/xml: document why round-trip stability is not guaranteed

DocumentationNeedsInvestigationhelp wanted

golang/go #44,405 opened Feb 19, 2021 · Go · 133,883 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments0 reactions0 assignees

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