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Control Golang package import order and make it always deterministic. Version 0.14.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Control Golang package import order and make it always deterministic
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gci
history
Project history and usage
GCI is a Go command-line formatter focused on deterministic import ordering. Its README describes it as a tool that controls Go package import order and makes that order deterministic.
The project exists in the same formatting niche as gofmt and goimports, but its distinguishing feature is configurable import sections for teams that want more structure than default Go formatting provides.
Project history
The official GitHub repository was created on July 15, 2020, and the first listed GitHub release, v0.1, was published on July 21, 2020.
The README documents steady feature evolution in the 0.x line, including C import block handling since v0.9.0 and a v0.10.0 command-line change requiring repeated -s/--section flags for multiple sections.
Adoption history
GCI adoption is clearest in Go tooling workflows rather than end-user applications. Its README points CI users toward golangci-lint, and the repository includes a .golangci.yml that enables the gci linter alongside gofmt, gofumpt, and goimports.
Official GitHub repository metadata showed several hundred stars and dozens of forks by mid-2026, a modest but real signal for a specialized Go formatter.
How it is used
The README recommends installing with go install github.com/daixiang0/gci@latest or with an explicit version. The CLI provides print, write, list, and diff modes so it can either report formatting drift or rewrite files in place.
GCI groups imports into sections such as standard, default, custom prefix, blank, dot, alias, and localmodule. Local module detection reads go.mod or go.work in the directory where gci is invoked.
Why package nerds care
GCI is package-nerd relevant because import sorting is a tiny behavior that creates outsized diff churn in Go repositories. Pinning a deterministic formatter in package managers and CI makes formatting a reproducible build-adjacent rule instead of a reviewer preference.
Its section model gives teams a stricter import taxonomy than goimports alone, which makes it useful in repositories that care about separating standard-library, third-party, local-module, and custom-prefix imports.
Timeline
- 2020: Repository created on July 15
- 2020: v0.1 released on July 21
- 2022: v0.9.0 released on November 25
- 2023: v0.10.0 released on March 10
- 2026: v0.14.0 released on February 28
Related projects
- The README explicitly positions GCI near goimports by noting that it allows more custom formatting than goimport does.
- The repository configuration and README connect GCI to golangci-lint, gofmt, gofumpt, and goimports in normal Go CI formatting workflows.
Sources
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 post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
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
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gci | cli | global executable |
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 generated2026-07-08
manager version0.14.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.14.0
https://github.com/daixiang0/gci
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gci |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.14.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gci |
| Homepage | https://github.com/daixiang0/gci |
| Repository | https://github.com/daixiang0/gci |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/daixiang0/gci#readme |
| License | BSD-3-Clause |
| Source archive | https://github.com/daixiang0/gci/archive/refs/tags/v0.14.0.tar.gz |
| Build dependencies | go |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | gci |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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%
gci
nix profile install nixpkgs#gci- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gci
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment