GoVM

Golang multiple version manager

Installation

go install github.com/PWZER/govm@latest

Or download the binary from releases

# example
wget https://github.com/PWZER/govm/releases/download/v0.1.0/govm-linux-amd64 -O govm

# make it executable
chmod +x govm

and set PATH and GOPATH environment variables

# govm will be linked current version gopath directory to ${HOME}/.govm/go
export GOPATH=${HOME}/.govm/go

# add govm binary install path and ${GOPATH}/bin to PATH
export PATH=${PATH}:${HOME}/.local/bin:${HOME}/.govm/go/bin

Usage

# display govm info
govm

# list remote versions
govm ls --remote

# list local versions
govm ls

# install a version
govm install go1.23.0

# install with proxy, support environment variable HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, NO_PROXY
HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy:port govm install go1.23.0

# install specify mirror
govm install go1.23.0 --mirror https://golang.google.cn/dl/

# use or change the go version
govm use go1.23.0

# upgrade govm itself to the latest version
govm upgrade

# check the latest version without upgrading
govm upgrade --dummy

govm upgrade resolves the latest version from the releases page without consuming the GitHub API rate limit. If it falls back to the GitHub API and hits the rate limit (60 requests/hour per IP), set GITHUB_TOKEN (or GH_TOKEN) to raise the limit:

GITHUB_TOKEN=<your-token> govm upgrade