Go drivers and ORMs

Supported projects

The following projects can be used to implement Golang applications using the YugabyteDB YSQL and YCQL APIs.

Project	Documentation and Guides	Latest Driver Version	Supported YugabyteDB Version
YugabyteDB PGX Driver [Recommended]	Documentation
Reference	v4	2.8 and above
PGX Driver	Documentation
Reference	v4	2.8 and above
PQ Driver	Documentation
Reference	v1.10.2	2.6 and above
YugabyteDB Go Driver for YCQL	Documentation	3.16.3

Project	Documentation and Guides	Example Apps
GORM [Recommended]	Documentation
Hello World	GORM App
GO-PG	Documentation

Learn how to establish a connection to a YugabyteDB database and begin basic CRUD operations by referring to Connect an app or Use an ORM.

Prerequisites

To develop Golang applications for YugabyteDB, you need the following:

• Go

  Install the latest Go (1.16 or later) on your system.

  Run go --version in a terminal to check your version of Go. To install Go, visit Go Downloads.

• Create a Go project

  For ease-of-use, use an integrated development environment (IDE) such as Visual Studio. To download and install Visual Studio, visit the Visual Studio Downloads page.

• YugabyteDB cluster

  • Create a free cluster on YugabyteDB Aeon. Refer to Use a cloud cluster. Note that YugabyteDB Aeon requires SSL.
  • Alternatively, set up a standalone YugabyteDB cluster by following the steps in Install YugabyteDB.

Next step

Connect an app