---
title: Go
description: >-
  <img width="35" src="https://raw.github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/main/iconography/32x32/Golang_SDK.svg" alt="Go"></img>
  A language-specific implementation of OpenTelemetry in Go.
aliases: [/golang, /golang/metrics, /golang/tracing]
cascade:
  github_repo: &repo https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go
  github_subdir: website_docs
  path_base_for_github_subdir: content/en/docs/instrumentation/go/
  github_project_repo: *repo
spelling: cSpell:ignore godoc
weight: 16
---

{{% lang_instrumentation_index_head "go" /%}}

## More

- [Contrib repository](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-contrib)