1# The Go Programming Language 2 3Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, 4reliable, and efficient software. 5 6 7*Gopher image by [Renee French][rf], licensed under [Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution license][cc4-by].* 8 9Our canonical Git repository is located at https://go.googlesource.com/go. 10There is a mirror of the repository at https://github.com/golang/go. 11 12Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed under the 13BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file. 14 15### Download and Install 16 17#### Binary Distributions 18 19Official binary distributions are available at https://go.dev/dl/. 20 21After downloading a binary release, visit https://go.dev/doc/install 22for installation instructions. 23 24#### Install From Source 25 26If a binary distribution is not available for your combination of 27operating system and architecture, visit 28https://go.dev/doc/install/source 29for source installation instructions. 30 31### Contributing 32 33Go is the work of thousands of contributors. We appreciate your help! 34 35To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines at https://go.dev/doc/contribute. 36 37Note that the Go project uses the issue tracker for bug reports and 38proposals only. See https://go.dev/wiki/Questions for a list of 39places to ask questions about the Go language. 40 41[rf]: https://reneefrench.blogspot.com/ 42[cc4-by]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 43
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