go-geom by twpayne

Package geom implements efficient geometry types for geospatial applications.

gowkbencodinggeomwktgeometry-functionsgeojsonkmldecodingewkbgisgeospatial
Verdict 50/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty

Self-host go-geom on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
50 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
968
112 forks

About go-geom

From the project's README at github.com/twpayne/go-geom. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

[](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/twpayne/go-geom) [](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/twpayne/go-geom)

Package implements efficient geometry types for geospatial applications. Key features

OpenGeo Consortium-style geometries. Support for 2D and 3D geometries, measures (time and/or distance), and unlimited extra dimensions. Encoding and decoding of common geometry formats (GeoJSON, KML, WKB, and others) including [](https://pkg.go.dev/database/sql#Scanner) and [](https://pkg.go.dev/database/sql/driver#Value) interface implementations for easy database integration. 2D and 3D topology functions. Efficient, cache-friendly internal representation. Optional protection against malicious or malformed inputs. Examples

PostGIS, EWKB, and GeoJSON. Detailed features Geometry types

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
31
maturity
30
community
89
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
26

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

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GitHub stars 968 github.com/twpayne/go-geom
GitHub forks 112 github.com/twpayne/go-geom

Release & maintenance

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Project age12.3 yearssince Mar 2014
Last commit4 months agoMar 6, 2026

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

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