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Install gotags with Homebrew, Nix

Tag generator for Go, compatible with ctags. Version 1.4.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#gotags.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gotags

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gotags

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/go/gotags/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Tag generator for Go, compatible with ctags

Commands and aliases

  • gotags

history

Project history and usage

gotags is a small Go command-line tool that emits ctags-compatible tag files for Go source code. Its role is intentionally narrow: make Go symbols available to editors and tag browsers that already understand the ctags format.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in March 2012, early in Go's public tooling era, and the v1.0.0 tag points at a March 2012 commit that updated the README and screenshot. The README describes gotags as a ctags-compatible tag generator for Go and documents editor-oriented flags such as recursive traversal, standard-output writing, and sorted tag output.

Adoption history

Adoption appears to have been concentrated in editor workflows rather than broad application stacks. The README includes Vim Tagbar configuration and an Emacs integration through gotags-el, and Homebrew packages the tool as a standalone formula.

How it is used

Users run gotags over Go source files or directories and consume the generated tag file from editors. The tool is most useful in environments where ctags-style navigation remains part of the developer setup.

Why package nerds care

For package collectors, gotags is representative of the pre-language-server layer of Go editor tooling: tiny, single-purpose, and built to bridge Go code into older Unix editor conventions.

Timeline

  • 2012: Repository created and v1.0.0 tagged.
  • 2017: v1.4.1 tag recorded with a version-string update.
  • 2021: Repository activity includes commits through April 2021.

Related projects

  • ctags provides the tag-file convention that gotags targets.
  • Vim Tagbar and gotags-el are editor-side consumers of gotags output.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
gotagsexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.4.1
manager updated2026-07-25
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gotags
Version1.4.1
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/jstemmer/gotags
Repositoryhttps://github.com/jstemmer/gotags
Last updated2026-07-25T20:55:26-04:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

gotags

nix profile install nixpkgs#gotags
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gotags
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/gotags/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • pkg.so package database
  • pkgdb category and tag curation