Go SDK

Machbase-neo provides three types of Go client libraries for Go developers. For best performance and cross-platform deployment, machgo is the recommended client. machcli is currently kept for backward compatibility, but they may be marked as deprecated and removed in future releases.

machgo NEW!(recommended) is a pure Go implementation for the native port (default 5656) and provides an API compatible with machcli. Learn more
machcli is a Go wrapper around a C implementation that communicates through the native port (default 5656). It remains available for backward compatibility.

machcli may be marked as deprecated in future releases and can be removed later. Use machgo for new development whenever possible.

Other programming languages

If you are using a programming language other than Go, consider using the HTTP API for the best flexibility.

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Go client

SQL driver

Last updated on Mar 20, 2026