Gno by gnolang
Gno: An interpreted, stack-based Go virtual machine to build succinct and composable apps + gno.land: a blockchain for timeless code and fair open-source.
About Gno
From the project's README at github.com/gnolang/gno. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
[](LICENSE.md) [](https://gnolang.github.io/gno/github.com/gnolang/gno.html)
> At first, there was Bitcoin, out of entropy soup of the greater All. > Then, there was Ethereum, which was created in the likeness of Bitcoin, > but made Turing complete. > > Among these were Tendermint and Cosmos to engineer robust PoS and IBC. > Then came Gno upon Cosmos and there spring forth Gnoland, > simulated by the Gnomes of the Greater Resistance.
Gno is a blockchain platform that interprets a deterministic variant of Go for writing smart contracts, built on Tendermint consensus.
Gno is an interpreted and fully-deterministic implementation of the Go programming language, designed to build succinct and composable smart contracts. The first blockchain to use it is gno.land, a contribution-based chain, backed by a variation of the Tendermint consensus engine.
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 1.1k | github.com/gnolang/gno |
| GitHub forks | 454 | github.com/gnolang/gno |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 5.3 years | since Jan 2021 |
| Last commit | 2 days ago | May 5, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 21 | last: 1 months ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 → |
What people say on Hacker News
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- Golang Tutorial: Find and fix vulnerable dependencies with govulncheck
- ScopeGuard 0.0.7: Your Go-to linter for scope and shadow issues, now with MCP
- Show HN: Self hosted video feed for children
- Show HN: Golang binaries built for your users depending on their arch and system
Ready to self-host Gno?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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