# Official Sentry SDK for Go [](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-go/actions?query=workflow%3Ago-workflow) [](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/getsentry/sentry-go) [](https://discord.gg/Ww9hbqr) [](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/getsentry/sentry-go) `sentry-go` provides a Sentry client implementation for the Go programming language. This is the next generation of the Go SDK for [Sentry](https://sentry.io/), intended to replace the `raven-go` package. > Looking for the old `raven-go` SDK documentation? See the Legacy client section [here](https://docs.sentry.io/clients/go/). > If you want to start using `sentry-go` instead, check out the [migration guide](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/go/migration/). ## Requirements The only requirement is a Go compiler. We verify this package against the 3 most recent releases of Go. Those are the supported versions. The exact versions are defined in [`GitHub workflow`](.github/workflows/test.yml). In addition, we run tests against the current master branch of the Go toolchain, though support for this configuration is best-effort. ## Installation `sentry-go` can be installed like any other Go library through `go get`: ```console $ go get github.com/getsentry/sentry-go@latest ``` Check out the [list of released versions](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-go/releases). ## Configuration To use `sentry-go`, you’ll need to import the `sentry-go` package and initialize it with your DSN and other [options](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/getsentry/sentry-go#ClientOptions). If not specified in the SDK initialization, the [DSN](https://docs.sentry.io/product/sentry-basics/dsn-explainer/), [Release](https://docs.sentry.io/product/releases/) and [Environment](https://docs.sentry.io/product/sentry-basics/environments/) are read from the environment variables `SENTRY_DSN`, `SENTRY_RELEASE` and `SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT`, respectively. More on this in the [Configuration section of the official Sentry Go SDK documentation](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/go/configuration/). ## Usage The SDK supports reporting errors and tracking application performance. To get started, have a look at one of our [examples](_examples/): - [Basic error instrumentation](_examples/basic/main.go) - [Error and tracing for HTTP servers](_examples/http/main.go) We also provide a [complete API reference](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/getsentry/sentry-go). For more detailed information about how to get the most out of `sentry-go`, checkout the official documentation: - [Sentry Go SDK documentation](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/go/) - Guides: - [net/http](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/go/guides/http/) - [echo](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/go/guides/echo/) - [fasthttp](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/go/guides/fasthttp/) - [gin](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/go/guides/gin/) - [iris](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/go/guides/iris/) - [negroni](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/go/guides/negroni/) ## Resources - [Bug Tracker](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-go/issues) - [GitHub Project](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-go) - [](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/getsentry/sentry-go) - [](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/go/) - [](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-go/discussions) - [](https://discord.gg/Ww9hbqr) - [](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/sentry) - [](https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=getsentry) ## License Licensed under [The MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/mit/), see [`LICENSE`](LICENSE). ## Community Join Sentry's [`#go` channel on Discord](https://discord.gg/Ww9hbqr) to get involved and help us improve the SDK!