Godog
Metrics as of , from the GitHub or GitLab API of each repository. Refreshed monthly.
What Godog is
Godog is the official Cucumber BDD framework for Go. Scenarios are written as Gherkin feature files with Given, When and Then steps. Step definitions are Go functions matched to steps by regular expressions. A suite runs through go test, either as subtests of testing.T or from TestMain. Hooks run before or after scenarios, steps and the whole suite. State passes between steps through context.Context, which stays safe when scenarios run concurrently. Output formatters include pretty, progress and a cucumber format. The README notes that the API may change before version 1.0.0.
Written from the project's README, read .
- Category
- BDD
- License
- MIT
- Language
- Go
- Changelog
- Releases on GitHub
Repository metrics
Status
activeLast commit within 90 days of the fetch date.Computed from the last commit date and the archive flag on the fetch date. See the status rules.
Alternatives
Listed BDD tools, same primary language first, then by GitHub stars. Each line gives one fact from the tool's documentation where it differs from Godog's, with its source.
Gauge: Languages for writing tests: Language runners for C# (.NET and .NET Core), Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby. source: Docs: Plugins
Robot Framework: Languages for writing tests: Robot Framework plain text syntax; Python as the primary language for extending it. source: README
cucumber-js: Languages for writing tests: JavaScript; TypeScript and other languages that transpile to JavaScript. source: Docs: Transpiling
cucumber-ruby: Languages for writing tests: Ruby. source: README
Codeception: Languages for writing tests: PHP. source: README
Behat: Languages for writing tests: PHP. source: Docs: Behat documentation
behave: Languages for writing tests: Python. source: README
Cucumber JVM: Languages for writing tests: Java (JVM). source: README
Questions
Is Godog open source?
Yes. Godog is released under MIT, an OSI-approved license, as reported by the GitHub API on 2026-09-22.
Is Godog maintained?
On 2026-09-22, the last commit to the default branch was on 2026-09-18, so the listed status is active. Rule: Last commit within 90 days of the fetch date.
How many GitHub stars does Godog have?
2,673 stars on 2026-09-22, from the GitHub API. The number is refreshed at each monthly update.
What language is Godog written in?
The repository's primary language, as reported by the GitHub API, is Go.
Sources
- GitHub REST API: repository, read
- GitHub REST API: commits, read
- GitHub REST API: latest release, read
- GitHub REST API: contributors, read
- README, read