install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install gf

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install gf

MacPorts ports tree · lang/gf/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#gf

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

overview

Package summary

App development framework of Golang

Project links

Commands and aliases

gf

history

Project history and usage

GoFrame is a Go application framework and command-line toolchain aimed at full-stack service development. In package-manager terms, the `gf` executable matters because it installs the framework's project scaffolding, code generation, build, and upgrade commands alongside the Go module.

Project history

GoFrame's release notes trace the public line back to v0.1 in April 2018, with early modules covering file monitoring, configuration reloads, template refreshes, conversion helpers, pagination, logging, Redis access, HTTP, and database functionality. The v1.x line followed later in 2018, and v2.0 appeared in March 2022 as a major framework generation.

Adoption history

The project evolved into a broad Go framework with modules for web services, ORM, configuration, validation, logging, resource management, service work, and microservice development. Its GitHub repository shows a large contributor and user footprint, and the docs describe use in enterprise-style production projects such as microservices, IoT, blockchain, e-commerce, and banking systems.

How it is used

Practitioners use `gf` to create and maintain GoFrame applications, generate controllers and database/protobuf entities, build resource-aware binaries, and run framework upgrades. The recommended version-management path is Go modules, with the CLI available for full framework upgrades from a project root.

Why package nerds care

GoFrame is interesting to package maintainers because the formula name `gf` exposes a CLI, while the main project is also a Go library imported as `github.com/gogf/gf/v2`. That dual identity makes it both a developer tool and an application dependency in Go service stacks.

Timeline

2018: v0.1 introduced the early public framework module set.
2018: v1.0 and v1.x releases expanded web, ORM, routing, and infrastructure features.
2022: v2.0 marked a major framework generation.
2025: The release documentation described Go modules as the preferred version-management path and `gf up -a` as a CLI upgrade path.

Related projects

The repository links the official site, English documentation, API docs on pkg.go.dev, documentation source, and related demo projects in the GoFrame organization.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

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

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
`gf`	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 version2.10.2

manager updated2026-05-14

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv2.10.2

https://github.com/gogf/gf

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gf
Version	2.10.2
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gf
Homepage	https://goframe.org
Repository	https://github.com/gogf/gf
Upstream docs	https://goframe.org/en/docs
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/gogf/gf/archive/refs/tags/v2.10.2.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-05-14T09:21:43Z
Pulse	updated
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	gf
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	head stable

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%

gf

nix profile install nixpkgs#gf

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gf

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gf/gf/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

MacPorts95%

gf

sudo port install gf

normalized package name match
Matched by: Gf

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: lang/gf/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/gf.yml

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

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