Golf is a programming language and application server for building web services and back-end solutions on Linux. Golf is easy to develop with, memory-safe and high-performance. Read About Golf. Visit Documentation. Try Hello World. Visit Blog for useful articles and changelog. Licensed under Apache 2 Free Open Source License. Source code is at https://github.com/golf-lang/golf. Installation packages and source installs below are for both x86_64 and aarch64.

Install Golf on Ubuntu (versions 20, 22, 24, 25):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:golf-lang/golf -y
sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install golf

You can also install from source.

Install Golf on Redhat (incl. Rocky, Alma, Centos), Fedora, Amazon Linux, Mageia:

sudo dnf -y install epel-release
sudo dnf -y copr enable golf-lang/golf-lang
sudo dnf -y install golf

You can also install from source.

Install Golf on OpenSUSE:

Install OpenSUSE Tumbleweed:

sudo zypper --non-interactive addrepo -G https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/golf-lang/golf-lang/repo/opensuse-tumbleweed/golf-lang-golf-opensuse-tumbleweed.repo
sudo zypper -n install --replacefiles --force-resolution  golf

Install OpenSUSE Leap 15.6:

sudo zypper --non-interactive addrepo -G https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/golf-lang/golf-lang/repo/opensuse-leap-15.6/golf-lang-golf-opensuse-leap-15.6.repo
sudo zypper -n install --replacefiles --force-resolution golf

You can also install from source.

Install Golf on Debian (10, 11, 12, Unstable):

Replace 'Debian_12' with 'Debian_10', 'Debian_11' or 'Debian_Unstable' to install on Debian 10, 11 or Unstable (the latest upcoming):

sudo apt install -y curl
echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/golf_lang/Debian_12/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:golf_lang.list
curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:golf_lang/Debian_12/Release.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/home_golf_lang.gpg > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y golf

Install Golf on Debian from source code.

Install Golf on Arch and Manjaro:

wget "https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/PKGBUILD?h=golf" -O PKGBUILD
sudo pacman -Sy --noconfirm base-devel
makepkg --noconfirm -sirc

Install Golf on Arch and Manjaro from source code.

Current version

Current version is 423. This release passed 2389 automated functional tests.

Example

Example of Golf code (from SaaS example):

Articles

Blog articles and examples:

• 2025-04-14 New status-safety feature
• 2025-04-11 New upcoming safety features
• 2025-04-10 How to start, stop or restart Golf application server
• 2025-04-05 How to build OpenSUSE zypper package for Golf
• 2025-04-02 Fragmentation of Linux and impact on packaging
• 2025-03-29 FIFO in Golf
• 2025-03-23 How to debug Golf programs with gdb
• 2025-03-19 Maximum file size uploaded to Golf server
• 2025-03-10 How to know Golf version
• 2025-03-01 Web framework for C programming language
• 2025-02-24 Make RPM package on Fedora and RedHat
• 2025-02-23 DEB package on Ubuntu and Debian
• 2025-02-21 34000 requests per second on a modest laptop
• 2025-02-12 Use C language API to talk to Golf Server
• 2025-02-04 Golf package page on AUR for Arch Linux
• 2025-02-02 Ubuntu apt package available for Golf
• 2025-01-30 How to send email with Golf
• 2025-01-28 Fast JSON parser with little coding
• 2025-01-03 What is application server?
• 2024-12-26 Encryption: ciphers, digests, salt, IV
• 2024-12-15 Distributed computing made easy
• 2024-12-12 How is memory organized in Golf
• 2024-12-08 Web file manager in less than 100 lines of code
• 2024-12-02 Passing parameters between local request handlers
• 2024-11-22 How to create Golf application
• 2024-11-21 Getting help for Golf with man pages
• 2024-11-12 Multi-tenant SaaS (Notes web application) in 200 lines of code
• 2024-10-28 Web Services Security
• 2024-10-21 Web services with MariaDB
• 2024-10-17 Web service calling web service
• 2024-10-13 What is Web Service
• 2024-10-11 Cache as a web service
• 2024-10-09 Cache server in 30 lines
• 2024-10-06 Memory safety: the cost in performance
• 2024-09-29 SQLite with Golf
• 2024-09-29 Copy-code icon added
• 2024-09-26 Overview of Golf
• 2024-09-21 Web service Hello World
• 2024-09-21 Hello World as a Service
• 2024-09-19 Using Vim color schemes with Golf
• 2024-09-17 Hello World in Golf
• 2024-09-13 Introduction to Golf
• 2024-09-12 Initial Golf release

Releases

• 2025-04-18 Golf 423 released
• 2025-04-17 Golf 419 released
• 2025-04-14 Golf 397 released
• 2025-03-31 Golf 373 released
• 2025-03-16 Golf 324 released
• 2025-03-11 Golf 297 released
• 2025-03-11 Golf 295 released
• 2025-03-10 Golf 288 released
• 2025-03-02 Golf 273 released
• 2025-02-23 Golf 261 released
• 2025-02-19 Golf 253 released
• 2025-02-16 Golf 247 released
• 2025-02-13 Golf 244 released
• 2025-02-11 Golf 241 released
• 2025-02-08 Golf 231 released
• 2025-02-02 Golf 210 released
• 2025-01-27 Golf 191 released
• 2025-01-26 Golf 184 released
• 2025-01-18 Golf 171 released
• 2025-01-14 Golf 155 released
• 2024-12-25 Golf 136 released
• 2024-12-24 Golf 132 released
• 2024-12-08 Golf 124 released
• 2024-12-04 Golf 121 released
• 2024-11-29 Golf 117 released
• 2024-11-26 Golf 114 released
• 2024-11-22 Golf 109 released
• 2024-11-10 Golf 91 released
• 2024-11-05 Golf 87 released
• 2024-10-28 Golf 76 released
• 2024-10-23 Golf 70 released
• 2024-10-19 Golf 65 released
• 2024-10-14 Golf 56 released
• 2024-10-08 Golf 54 released
• 2024-10-01 Golf 50 released
• 2024-09-27 Golf 44 released
• 2024-09-24 Golf 37 released
• 2024-09-20 Golf 32 released

Contact

Contact email team@golf-lang.com

Visit official Golf home page.

See CONTRIBUTING.md file on how to contribute.