## Ethereum Go Ethereum Go Client © 2014 Jeffrey Wilcke. | Linux | OSX | Windows | Tests ----------|---------|-----|---------|------ develop | [](https://build.ethdev.com/builders/Linux%20Go%20develop%20branch/builds/-1) | [](https://build.ethdev.com/builders/OSX%20Go%20develop%20branch/builds/-1) | [](https://build.ethdev.com/builders/Windows%20Go%20develop%20branch/builds/-1) | [](https://travis-ci.org/ethereum/go-ethereum) [](https://coveralls.io/r/ethereum/go-ethereum?branch=develop) master | [](https://build.ethdev.com/builders/Linux%20Go%20master%20branch/builds/-1) | [](https://build.ethdev.com/builders/OSX%20Go%20master%20branch/builds/-1) | [](https://build.ethdev.com/builders/Windows%20Go%20master%20branch/builds/-1) | [](https://travis-ci.org/ethereum/go-ethereum) [](https://coveralls.io/r/ethereum/go-ethereum?branch=master) [](https://waffle.io/ethereum/go-ethereum) [](https://waffle.io/ethereum/go-ethereum) [](http://waffle.io/ethereum/go-ethereum) [](https://gitter.im/ethereum/go-ethereum?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge) Automated (dev) builds ====================== * [Docker](https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/ethereum/client-go/) * [OS X](http://build.ethdev.com/builds/OSX%20Go%20develop%20branch/Mist-OSX-latest.dmg) * Ubuntu [trusty](https://build.ethdev.com/builds/Linux%20Go%20develop%20deb%20i386-trusty/latest/) | [utopic](https://build.ethdev.com/builds/Linux%20Go%20develop%20deb%20i386-utopic/latest/) * [Windows 64-bit](https://build.ethdev.com/builds/Windows%20Go%20develop%20branch/Geth-Win64-latest.7z) Building the source =================== For prerequisites and detailed build instructions please read the [Installation Instructions](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Building-Ethereum) on the wiki. Building geth requires two external dependencies, Go and GMP. You can install them using your favourite package manager. Once the dependencies are installed, run make geth Executables =========== Go Ethereum comes with several wrappers/executables found in [the `cmd` directory](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/develop/cmd): * `mist` Official Ethereum Browser (ethereum GUI client) * `geth` Ethereum CLI (ethereum command line interface client) * `bootnode` runs a bootstrap node for the Discovery Protocol * `ethtest` test tool which runs with the [tests](https://github.com/ethereum/testes) suite: `cat file | ethtest`. * `evm` is a generic Ethereum Virtual Machine: `evm -code 60ff60ff -gas 10000 -price 0 -dump`. See `-h` for a detailed description. * `disasm` disassembles EVM code: `echo "6001" | disasm` * `rlpdump` prints RLP structures Command line options ==================== Both `mist` and `geth` can be configured via command line options, environment variables and config files. To get the options available: geth --help For further details on options, see the [wiki](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Command-Line-Options) Contribution ============ If you'd like to contribute to go-ethereum please fork, fix, commit and send a pull request. Commits who do not comply with the coding standards are ignored (use gofmt!). If you send pull requests make absolute sure that you commit on the `develop` branch and that you do not merge to master. Commits that are directly based on master are simply ignored. See [Developers' Guide](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Developers'-Guide) for more details on configuring your environment, testing, and dependency management.