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Go (Golang) GOOS and GOARCH
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Go (Golang) GOOS and GOARCH

All of the following information is based on go version go1.14.7 darwin/amd64.

A list of valid GOOS values

(Bold = supported by go out of the box, ie. without the help of a C compiler, etc.)

  • aix
  • android
  • darwin
  • dragonfly
  • freebsd
  • hurd
  • illumos
  • js
  • linux
  • nacl
  • netbsd
  • openbsd
  • plan9
  • solaris
  • windows
  • zos

NOTE: nacl support was dropped since go version 1.14.

A list of valid GOARCH values

(Bold = supported by go out of the box, ie. without the help of a C compiler, etc.)

  • 386
  • amd64
  • amd64p32
  • arm
  • armbe
  • arm64
  • arm64be
  • ppc64
  • ppc64le
  • mips
  • mipsle
  • mips64
  • mips64le
  • mips64p32
  • mips64p32le
  • ppc
  • riscv
  • riscv64
  • s390
  • s390x
  • sparc
  • sparc64
  • wasm

NOTE: The amd64p32 GOARCH, which is related to the nacl GOOS, was dropped since go version 1.14.

A list of valid 32-bit GOARCH values

(Bold = supported by go out of the box, ie. without the help of a C compiler, etc.)

  • 386
  • amd64p32
  • arm
  • armbe
  • mips
  • mipsle
  • mips64p32
  • mips64p32le
  • ppc
  • riscv
  • s390
  • sparc

A list of valid 64-bit GOARCH values

(Bold = supported by go out of the box, ie. without the help of a C compiler, etc.)

  • amd64
  • arm64
  • arm64be
  • ppc64
  • ppc64le
  • mips64
  • mips64le
  • riscv64
  • s390x
  • sparc64
  • wasm

A list of GOOS/GOARCH supported by go out of the box

  • aix/ppc64
  • darwin/386
  • darwin/amd64
  • dragonfly/amd64
  • freebsd/386
  • freebsd/amd64
  • freebsd/arm
  • freebsd/arm64
  • illumos/amd64
  • js/wasm
  • linux/386
  • linux/amd64
  • linux/arm
  • linux/arm64
  • linux/ppc64
  • linux/ppc64le
  • linux/mips
  • linux/mipsle
  • linux/mips64
  • linux/mips64le
  • linux/riscv64
  • linux/s390x
  • netbsd/386
  • netbsd/amd64
  • netbsd/arm
  • netbsd/arm64
  • openbsd/386
  • openbsd/amd64
  • openbsd/arm
  • openbsd/arm64
  • plan9/386
  • plan9/amd64
  • plan9/arm
  • solaris/amd64
  • windows/386
  • windows/amd64
  • windows/arm

A list of 32-bit GOOS/GOARCH supported by go out of the box

  • darwin/386
  • freebsd/386
  • freebsd/arm
  • linux/386
  • linux/arm
  • linux/mips
  • linux/mipsle
  • netbsd/386
  • netbsd/arm
  • openbsd/386
  • openbsd/arm
  • plan9/386
  • plan9/arm
  • windows/386
  • windows/arm

A list of 64-bit GOOS/GOARCH supported by go out of the box

  • aix/ppc64
  • darwin/amd64
  • dragonfly/amd64
  • freebsd/amd64
  • freebsd/arm64
  • illumos/amd64
  • js/wasm
  • linux/amd64
  • linux/arm64
  • linux/ppc64
  • linux/ppc64le
  • linux/mips64
  • linux/mips64le
  • linux/riscv64
  • linux/s390x
  • netbsd/amd64
  • netbsd/arm64
  • openbsd/amd64
  • openbsd/arm64
  • plan9/amd64
  • solaris/amd64
  • windows/amd64

Support Grid 1

android darwin js linux nacl windows
386 α O O O 386
amd64 α O O O amd64
amd64p32 amd64p32
arm α β1 O O arm
armbe armbe
arm64 α β2 O arm64
arm64be arm64be
ppc64 O ppc64
ppc64le O ppc64le
mips O mips
mipsle O mipsle
mips64 O mips64
mips64le O mips64le
mips64p32 mips64p32
mips64p32le mips64p32le
ppc ppc
riscv riscv
riscv64 O riscv64
s390 s390
s390x O s390x
sparc sparc
sparc64 γ sparc64
wasm O wasm
android darwin js linux nacl windows

NOTE: darwin is essentially the same as macOS.

NOTE: nacl support was dropped since go version 1.14.

Support Grid 2

a d f h i n o p s z
386 O O O O 386
amd64 O O O O O O O amd64
amd64p32 amd64p32
arm O O O O arm
armbe armbe
arm64 O O O arm64
arm64be arm64be
ppc64 O ppc64
ppc64le ppc64le
mips mips
mipsle mipsle
mips64 mips64
mips64le mips64le
mips64p32 mips64p32
mips64p32le mips64p32le
ppc ppc
riscv riscv
riscv64 riscv64
s390 s390
s390x s390x
sparc sparc
sparc64 sparc64
wasm wasm
a d f h i n o p s z

Key

a = aix, d = dragonfly, f = freebsd, h = hurd, i = illumos, n = netbsd, o = openbsd, p = plan9, s = solaris, z = zos

(blank): Unsupported

O: Supported

α:

# command-line-arguments
/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64/link: running clang failed: exit status 1
ld: unknown option: -z
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

β1:

# command-line-arguments
/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64/link: running clang failed: exit status 1
ld: warning: ignoring file /var/folders/dd/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/go-link-xxxxxxxxx/go.o, building for macOS-x86_64 but attempting to link with file built for unknown-armv7
Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "_main", referenced from:
     implicit entry/start for main executable
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

β2:

# command-line-arguments
/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64/link: running clang failed: exit status 1
ld: warning: ignoring file /var/folders/dd/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/go-link-xxxxxxxxx/go.o, building for macOS-x86_64 but attempting to link with file built for unknown-arm64
Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "_main", referenced from:
     implicit entry/start for main executable
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

γ:

go tool compile: exit status 2
compile: unknown architecture "sparc64"
go tool compile: exit status 2
compile: unknown architecture "sparc64"

Source 1

main.go

package main

func main() {}

make.sh

#!/bin/sh

os_archs=()

# Reference:
# https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/go/build/syslist.go
for goos in aix android darwin dragonfly freebsd hurd illumos js \
            linux nacl netbsd openbsd plan9 solaris windows zos
do
    for goarch in 386 amd64 amd64p32 arm armbe arm64 arm64be ppc64 \
                  ppc64le mips mipsle mips64 mips64le mips64p32 \
                  mips64p32le ppc riscv riscv64 s390 s390x sparc sparc64 wasm
    do
        echo "--------"
        echo "${goos}/${goarch}"
        echo "--------"
        GOOS=${goos} GOARCH=${goarch} go build -o /dev/null main.go >/dev/null 2>&1
        if [ $? -eq 0 ]
        then
            os_archs+=("${goos}/${goarch}")
        fi
    done
done

echo
echo "================"
echo
for os_arch in "${os_archs[@]}"
do
    echo ${os_arch}
done

Source 2

main.go

package main

const (
	hello uint = 0xfedcba9876543210
)

func main() {}

make.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Reference:
# https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/go/build/syslist.go
os_archs=(
    aix/ppc64
    darwin/386
    darwin/amd64
    dragonfly/amd64
    freebsd/386
    freebsd/amd64
    freebsd/arm
    freebsd/arm64
    illumos/amd64
    js/wasm
    linux/386
    linux/amd64
    linux/arm
    linux/arm64
    linux/ppc64
    linux/ppc64le
    linux/mips
    linux/mipsle
    linux/mips64
    linux/mips64le
    linux/riscv64
    linux/s390x
    netbsd/386
    netbsd/amd64
    netbsd/arm
    netbsd/arm64
    openbsd/386
    openbsd/amd64
    openbsd/arm
    openbsd/arm64
    plan9/386
    plan9/amd64
    plan9/arm
    solaris/amd64
    windows/386
    windows/amd64
    windows/arm
)

os_archs_32=()
os_archs_64=()

for os_arch in "${os_archs[@]}"
do
    goos=${os_arch%/*}
    goarch=${os_arch#*/}
    GOOS=${goos} GOARCH=${goarch} go build -o /dev/null main.go >/dev/null 2>&1
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]
    then
        os_archs_64+=(${os_arch})
    else
        os_archs_32+=(${os_arch})
    fi
done

echo "32-bit:"
for os_arch in "${os_archs_32[@]}"
do
    printf "\t%s\n" "${os_arch}"
done
echo

echo "64-bit:"
for os_arch in "${os_archs_64[@]}"
do
    printf "\t%s\n" "${os_arch}"
done
echo
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