# The Go Programming Language

Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple,
reliable, and efficient software.

![Gopher image](https://golang.org/doc/gopher/fiveyears.jpg)
*Gopher image by [Renee French][rf], licensed under [Creative Commons 4.0 Attributions license][cc4-by].*

Our canonical Git repository is located at https://go.googlesource.com/go.
There is a mirror of the repository at https://github.com/golang/go.

```
go run golang.org/x/website/cmd/golangorg@latest -goroot=..
```

Then open http://localhost:6060/doc/next. Refresh the page to see your latest edits.

## For the release team

The `relnote` tool, at `golang.org/x/build/cmd/relnote`, operates on the files
in `doc/next`.

As a release cycle nears completion, run `relnote todo` to get a list of
unfinished release note work.