# Go packages

Date: 2021-07-27 10:38:45 +08:00Date modified: 2021-07-28 10:43:39 +08:00

- reference page

- names are traditionally URL-like (e.g., `github.com/gohugoio/hugo`, `github.com/errata-ai/vale`) similar to roam:Deno packages

- has to be explicitly set with the `go.mod` file (i.e., `module MODULE_NAME`)

- `go.sum` functions similarly to lockfiles containing cryptographic hashes of the modules used for a successful build

- Go modules can be vendored (e.g., `go mod vendor`); it will be stored in the `vendor/` directory of the root module

  - example of a project using vendored Go modules is Vale v2.5.0