GVM

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GVM is a version manager for Google Go (golang) that allows you to manage multiple Go versions all installed on your system and switch between them with ease.

This is similar to the NVM (Node Version Manager) but for Go.

Click here to get started with GVM.

The project for GVM is here on GitHub.

1gvm 1.17.5 # installs gvm 1.17.5 and set's it as your current go version

Once you have GVM installed it takes over the entire install process for Go so you don’t have to.

Building a Go Version Manager (GVM)

Jan 9, 2022 14 min read Google Go (Golang)scripting github-actions version-manager GVM First Time Use

With the introduction of Generics into the Go language, it became necessary to be able to use different versions of Go on a single system with minimal effort. While exploring different methods for managing different go versions on a single system I realized that there was a need for a tool to manage the different versions seamlessly for Go engineers. This led to the creation of the Go Version Manager (GVM).