Hugo
89.8kThe world's fastest framework for building websites. Written in Go, Hugo renders typical pages in less than a millisecond.
Key Dependents & Impact
Millions of websites, 1Password, Brave, DigitalOcean, Bootstrap, Kubernetes docs
Open Source & Platforms
Software
Open source software I’ve created, co-created, or made significant contributions to over the years, powering cloud-native infrastructure, developer tools, and millions of websites worldwide.
200k+
Stars on Authored Projects
10M+
Developers & Sites
100%
Open Source
Flagship Platforms
Large-scale developer platforms and frameworks forming the core of modern cloud infrastructure, developer tools, and web publishing.
Go
135k+Led Go for 6 years alongside Russ Cox and Sameer Ajmani; co-designed Go modules; created and primary author of go.dev and brand as Go grew from 400k to 4.5M developers.
Key Dependents & Impact
Cloud-native ecosystem, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform
Cobra
44.6kThe commander for modern Go CLI interactions, powering the world's most critical cloud-native CLI applications.
Key Dependents & Impact
Kubernetes (kubectl), GitHub CLI (gh), Docker CLI, Terraform CLI, Hugo, OpenShift
Docker
71k+Led core engineering and helped establish open container standards (OCI, CNCF); oversaw 3x team scaling and major stability, architectural reliability, and code quality overhauls.
Key Dependents & Impact
Container industry standards, OCI, CNCF, millions of developers
Viper
30.5kComplete configuration solution for Go applications, seamlessly handling JSON, TOML, YAML, HCL, env vars, and CLI flags.
Key Dependents & Impact
Hugo, Docker, Grafana, Istio, Prometheus ecosystem, thousands of Go enterprise services
MongoDB
28k+Employee #24; led creation of the aggregation framework and drivers; standardized developer UX across 12+ languages; unblocked enterprise adoption with safe writes by default.
Key Dependents & Impact
Modern web applications and global enterprise data infrastructure
Served on the Board of Directors of the Drupal Association, guiding governance, open source ecosystem expansion, and developer community strategy.
Key Dependents & Impact
#3 most-used web engine, enterprise and government web platforms
Ecosystem & Foundation Tools
Widely-adopted utility libraries, filesystem abstractions, and developer environment tooling across the open source landscape.
spf13-vim
15.5kSteve Francia's legendary Vim distribution, featuring modular plugin management, curated plugins, and cross-platform configuration.
Used by:
Tens of thousands of developers, benchmark Vim distribution
Afero
6.7kA comprehensive FileSystem abstraction system for Go providing composable virtual, in-memory, and OS filesystems.
Used by:
Hugo, Terraform, CockroachDB, Helm, Kubernetes ecosystem
Cast
4.0kSafe and easy type casting in Go, converting dynamically typed structures to standard types without panicking.
Used by:
Hugo, Viper, Grafana, thousands of Go applications
pflag
2.8kDrop-in replacement for Go's flag package, implementing POSIX/GNU-style --flags used across Kubernetes and Cobra.
Used by:
Kubernetes, Cobra, Helm, Terraform CLI, OpenShift
Go Skills
650+A comprehensive suite of production-grade agent skills and workflows for Go development following the .agents protocol.
Used by:
Antigravity, Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot agent workflows