Gopher Code
by projectbarks
High-performance agentic coding assistant rewritten in Go for near-instant cold starts and native concurrency.
What it does
Gopher Code is a native Go implementation of an agentic coding assistant, designed to provide a lightweight, single-binary alternative to TypeScript-based tools. It focuses on extreme performance, boasting a 12ms cold start time and efficient memory usage by eliminating the V8 heap and React re-render overhead.
Tools
The system includes 33 built-in tools for codebase analysis and manipulation, including file reading, editing, and shell execution, all optimized via Go's native concurrency (goroutines).
Installation
To install Gopher Code, clone the repository and build the binary:
git clone https://github.com/projectbarks/gopher.git
cd gopher
go build -o gopher ./cmd/gopher
For Claude Desktop configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"gopher-code": {
"command": "/path/to/gopher",
"args": []
}
}
}
Supported hosts
Confirmed for use in terminal environments and compatible with standard MCP clients including Claude Desktop.
Quick install
go build -o gopher ./cmd/gopherInformation
- Pricing
- free
- Published
- 4/23/2026
- stars
