What is goproxy.cn?

goproxy/goproxy.cn — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-06-22

★ 7,081HTMLAudience · developerComplexity · 1/5Setup · easy

Mindmap

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  root((goproxy.cn))
    What it solves
      Blocked Go proxy
      Slow package downloads
    How it works
      Module caching
      CDN delivery
      Checksum verification
    Setup
      Two terminal commands
      Works on macOS Linux Windows
    Infrastructure
      Qiniu Cloud hosting
      ICP licensed
      Non-profit project

mindmap root((goproxy.cn)) What it solves Blocked Go proxy Slow package downloads How it works Module caching CDN delivery Checksum verification Setup Two terminal commands Works on macOS Linux Windows Infrastructure Qiniu Cloud hosting ICP licensed Non-profit project

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Configure your Go environment in mainland China to install packages at full speed without a VPN by switching to goproxy.cn.

USE CASE 2

Verify that Go modules downloaded through goproxy.cn have not been tampered with using the official Go checksum database.

USE CASE 3

Build your own Go module proxy using the underlying Goproxy library that powers goproxy.cn.

What is it built with?

GoHTML

How does it compare?

	goproxy/goproxy.cn	railsgirls/guides.railsgirls.com	alvarcarto/url-to-pdf-api
Stars	7,081	7,064	7,107
Language	HTML	HTML	HTML
Setup difficulty	easy	easy	moderate
Complexity	1/5	1/5	3/5
Audience	developer	general	developer

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

So what is it?

Goproxy.cn is a free Go module proxy hosted in China that solves a specific problem: many Go packages are unavailable or very slow to download from inside mainland China due to network restrictions. The official Go module proxy (proxy.golang.org) is blocked in mainland China, and packages hosted on golang.org are similarly inaccessible. Goproxy.cn mirrors those modules and serves them through a CDN, so Go developers in China can install packages at normal speeds without needing a VPN. Setting it up takes two commands. You enable Go modules with go env -w GO111MODULE=on, then point Go to the proxy with go env -w GOPROXY=https://goproxy.cn,direct. On macOS, Linux, or Windows, the equivalent environment variable changes also work. After that, go get, go install, and go mod tidy all route through goproxy.cn automatically. The service caches module files in their original, unmodified form. You can verify that cached modules have not been tampered with using the official Go checksum database (sum.golang.org), which goproxy.cn supports. This makes the proxy safe to use in addition to convenient. Goproxy.cn is a non-profit project supported by Qiniu Cloud, a Chinese cloud provider that supplies the servers, object storage, and CDN. It is ICP licensed, meaning it is fully legal to operate in China. DigitalOcean provides additional infrastructure for stats and backups, and Atlassian provides the status page tooling. The repository itself is the web application that runs the goproxy.cn service. If you want to build your own Go module proxy rather than use this hosted service, a separate library called Goproxy underpins this project and is available independently.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

I am a Go developer in mainland China and go get is very slow or fails. Walk me through configuring goproxy.cn as my GOPROXY so packages download at normal speed.

Prompt 2

How do I set goproxy.cn as the GOPROXY on Windows using environment variables instead of go env -w?

Prompt 3

How can I verify that a Go module I downloaded through goproxy.cn has not been modified, using the checksum database?

Prompt 4

I want to build my own Go module proxy similar to goproxy.cn using the Goproxy library. Where do I start?

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