# Install go-server with Homebrew Cask

Server for the Go Continuous Delivery platform. Version 25.4.0,21793 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cask:go-server
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew Cask (100%):

```sh
brew install --cask go-server
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cask:go-server
- **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask
- **Version:** 25.4.0,21793
- **Source summary:** Server for the Go Continuous Delivery platform
- **Homepage:** <https://www.gocd.org/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- go-server (binary)
- go-server (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 25.4.0,21793
## Project history and usage

GoCD Server is the server component of GoCD, a continuous delivery and release-automation system centered on pipelines, agents, materials, artifacts, and value-stream visualization.

### Project history

GoCD began in 2007 at Thoughtworks Studios as a commercial, closed-source product named Cruise, designed as an evolution from CruiseControl toward continuous delivery workflows rather than only continuous integration build automation. It was renamed Go in 2010 and later adjusted to GoCD to avoid confusion with the Go programming language.

### Adoption history

Thoughtworks announced the move toward Apache-licensed open source in February 2014, framing the change around practitioner expectations for inspectable and modifiable delivery infrastructure. The project later transitioned away from Thoughtworks-funded development; project maintainers described a small maintainer group handling bug fixes, minor enhancements, releases, and user support after commercial backing ended.

### How it is used

Practitioners install the server, attach agents, and model delivery workflows as pipelines made of stages, jobs, and tasks. GoCD polls source materials, triggers pipelines on changes or upstream dependencies, publishes artifacts, assigns jobs to agents, and uses value stream maps to show upstream and downstream flow.

### Why package nerds care

The Homebrew cask preserves the long-standing go-server package identity for macOS installations of the GoCD server, distinct from the Go language formula named go.

### Timeline

- 2007: Thoughtworks Studios developed Cruise as a commercial continuous delivery product.
- 2010: Cruise was renamed Go.
- 2014: Thoughtworks announced GoCD's conversion to open source.
- 2020: Commercial support and Thoughtworks-funded development ended after community transfer plans.

### Related projects

- GoCD descends from Thoughtworks' CruiseControl lineage and complements GoCD Agent packages that execute jobs for the server.

### Sources

- <https://docs.gocd.org>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/go-server>
- <https://github.com/gocd/gocd>
- <https://www.gocd.org/>
- <https://www.gocd.org/2014/02/25/go-moving-to-open-source/>
- <https://www.gocd.org/2023/02/13/gocd-project-status/>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for go-server. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Linux: /etc/go, /usr/share/go-server/wrapper-config/wrapper-properties.conf
- macOS: ${INSTALL_DIR}/config, ${INSTALL_DIR}/wrapper-config/wrapper-properties.conf

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/go-server.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/go-server.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph