Athens

Spec sheet

Purpose

Athens is an open source Go Module proxy for retrieving Go packages.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.gomods.io

Deployment

The maker lists deployment on AWS, Azure, GCP, Digital Ocean, Alibaba, or bare metal.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.gomods.io

Integrations

The documentation describes fetching modules from version control systems and using Go module repositories such as proxy.golang.org or another Athens server as upstreams.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.gomods.io

Support

The project invites users to office hours and its Gophers Slack channel for discussion and questions.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.gomods.io

Access control

Athens can host private modules, exclude access to public modules, and store public modules.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.gomods.io

Authentication

Athens documents supplying credentials in different formats for access to version control systems.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.gomods.io

Checksum database

Athens can proxy a checksum database API.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.gomods.io

Immutable storage

Athens stores modules in append-only storage and does not change a module after saving it.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.gomods.io

Install methods

The maker provides a Docker image, build-from-source guidance, and Kubernetes Helm charts.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.gomods.io

Private modules

Organizations can run a private mirror to manage private code alongside public code.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.gomods.io

Storage options

Athens supports multiple configurable storage options, with storage configuration covered in its documentation.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.gomods.io

Use cases

The documentation describes use cases including anti-censorship, compliance, data privacy, and data continuity.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.gomods.io

Plans and prices

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