Simple Features by peterstace
Simple Features is a pure Go Implementation of the OpenGIS Simple Feature Access Specification
About Simple Features
From the project's README at github.com/peterstace/simplefeatures. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
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Simple Features is a 2D geometry library that provides Go types that model geometries, as well as algorithms that operate on them.
It's a pure Go Implementation of the OpenGIS Consortium's Simple Feature Access Specification (which can be found here). This is the same specification that GEOS, JTS, and PostGIS implement, so the Simple Features API will be familiar to developers who have used those libraries before.
Table of Contents: Native Go Packages Geom Carto R-Tree C-Wrapper Packages GEOS PROJ Native Go Packages
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 | 172 | github.com/peterstace/simplefeatures |
| GitHub forks | 26 | github.com/peterstace/simplefeatures |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 6.9 years | since Jun 2019 |
| Last commit | 27 days ago | Apr 10, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 68 | last: 1 months ago |
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 → |
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