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Athens

Self-hosted Go module proxy

Git Hosting & Forges ★ 4.8k stars Medium setup MIT

Athens is an open-source Go module proxy written in Go. It caches modules from upstream version control systems and serves them to builds, with pluggable storage backends, improving reliability and speed for teams hosting Go dependencies internally.

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Key features

  • Caches Go modules
  • Pluggable storage backends
  • Improves build reliability
  • Lightweight proxy

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
  • Active community (4.8k GitHub stars)

Is Athens secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Athens's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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