g Alternatives

g is described as 'Command-line tool that provides convenient management and switching of multiple versions of the Go environment' and is an app. There are six alternatives to g for Linux, Mac, Windows and FreeBSD. The best g alternative is vfox, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like g are moonrepo proto, anyenv, eclectica and asdf.

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  1. vfox icon
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    vfox is a cross-platform version manager(similar to nvm, fvm, sdkman, asdf-vm, etc.), extendable via plugins. It allows you to quickly install and switch between different environment you need via the command line.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
    • vfox is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to g.

    • vfox is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to g.

    • vfox is Free and Open Sourceg is also Free and Open Source
  2. anyenv icon
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    This is a simple wrapper for rbenv style environment managers. You don't have to git clone or modify your shell profile for each **env anymore if you install anyenv.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. eclectica icon
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    Eclectica unifies management of any language under one cohesive and minimalistic interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    "asdf" is a tool version manager. All tool version definitions are contained within one file (.tool-versions) which you can check in to your project's Git repository to share with your team, ensuring everyone is using the exact same versions of tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    GVM provides an interface to manage Go versions.

    6 Go Version Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Mac
     
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