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Go plugin Package Basics

Building .so files and plugin.Open / Lookup

What is the Go plugin package?

The plugin package (Go 1.8+) allows loading compiled .so shared libraries at runtime and calling exported functions and variables from them.

Compile a Go file as a plugin with -buildmode=plugin:

// greeter/greeter.go
package main
func Greet(name string) string { return "Hello, " + name }