Godog

Spec sheet

Purpose

Godog is the official Cucumber behavior-driven development framework for Golang.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Support

Users can get help through the Cucumber community Discord with users, developers and BDD practitioners.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

Godog and Gherkin are licensed under the MIT License.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

API documentation

General API details are available through the package documentation on pkg.go.dev.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

CLI status

The godog CLI is deprecated and the project recommends using go test instead.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Concurrency

Configured concurrency executes scenarios concurrently, and supplied formatters support concurrency.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Documentation model

Godog merges specification and test documentation into one cohesive whole.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Embeddable features

Feature files can be compiled into a test binary with go:embed and a custom filesystem loader.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Go test integration

Godog can run test suites through the standard go test command.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Living documentation

Specifications are automatically tested by Godog so they remain up to date.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Reporting

The project references cucumber-html-reporter for generating HTML reports from Cucumber output.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security advisories

The repository page states that there are no published security advisories.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security reporting

Security vulnerabilities should be reported privately to [email protected] rather than through public issues, discussions or pull requests.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Specification format

It uses Gherkin-formatted scenarios with Given, When and Then steps.Read 1 Oct 2026 · github.com

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• BDD Testing Tools#12 of 307.7