--- title: "academic-research-skills vs go-streams" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/imbad0202-academic-research-skills-vs-reugn-go-streams" tools: ["imbad0202-academic-research-skills", "reugn-go-streams"] --- # academic-research-skills vs go-streams *GraphCanon updated Jul 15, 2026* ## Verdict Pick academic-research-skills when academic-research-skills is primarily Python; go-streams is Go; pick go-streams when go-streams is primarily Go; academic-research-skills is Python. [academic-research-skills](https://buymeacoffee.com/crucify020v) reports 37k GitHub stars, 3.0k forks, and 9 open issues, last pushed Jul 11, 2026. [go-streams](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/reugn/go-streams) has 2.2k stars, 174 forks, and 11 open issues, last pushed Jan 14, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [academic-research-skills's repository](https://github.com/Imbad0202/academic-research-skills) and [go-streams's repository](https://github.com/reugn/go-streams). | | [academic-research-skills](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills.md) | [go-streams](/tools/reugn-go-streams.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize | A lightweight stream processing library for Go | | Stars | 37,300 | 2,174 | | Forks | 3,043 | 174 | | Open issues | 9 | 11 | | Language | Python | Go | | Adopt for | - | - | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | Other | MIT | | Categories | Data & Retrieval, LLM Frameworks | Data & Retrieval | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [academic-research-skills](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills.md) | [go-streams](/tools/reugn-go-streams.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Very active (96%) | Slowing (36%) | | Days since push | 0d | 181d | | Open issues (now) | 9 | 11 | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/reugn-go-streams/trust.md) | ## Choose when ### Choose academic-research-skills if… - academic-research-skills is primarily Python; go-streams is Go. - License: academic-research-skills is Other, go-streams is MIT. - Tags unique to academic-research-skills: academic-pipeline, academic-writing, ai-research, claude. - Also covers LLM Frameworks. ### Choose go-streams if… - go-streams is primarily Go; academic-research-skills is Python. - License: go-streams is MIT, academic-research-skills is Other. - Tags unique to go-streams: aerospike, data-pipeline, data-stream, etl. ## When NOT to use academic-research-skills - Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. - LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ## When NOT to use go-streams - Last GitHub push was 182 days ago (slowing maintenance, Jan 14, 2026). Validate activity before betting a new project on go-streams. - Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. ## Common questions ### What is the difference between academic-research-skills and go-streams? academic-research-skills: Academic Research Skills for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize. go-streams: A lightweight stream processing library for Go. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose academic-research-skills over go-streams? Choose academic-research-skills over go-streams when academic-research-skills is primarily Python; go-streams is Go; License: academic-research-skills is Other, go-streams is MIT; Tags unique to academic-research-skills: academic-pipeline, academic-writing, ai-research, claude; Also covers LLM Frameworks. ### When should I choose go-streams over academic-research-skills? Choose go-streams over academic-research-skills when go-streams is primarily Go; academic-research-skills is Python; License: go-streams is MIT, academic-research-skills is Other; Tags unique to go-streams: aerospike, data-pipeline, data-stream, etl. ### When should I avoid academic-research-skills? Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ### When should I avoid go-streams? Last GitHub push was 182 days ago (slowing maintenance, Jan 14, 2026). Validate activity before betting a new project on go-streams. Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. ### Is academic-research-skills or go-streams more popular on GitHub? academic-research-skills has more GitHub stars (37,300 vs 2,174). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are academic-research-skills and go-streams open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (academic-research-skills: Other, go-streams: MIT). ### Where can I find alternatives to academic-research-skills or go-streams? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [academic-research-skills alternatives](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/alternatives) and [go-streams alternatives](/tools/reugn-go-streams/alternatives) ([academic-research-skills markdown twin](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/alternatives.md), [go-streams markdown twin](/tools/reugn-go-streams/alternatives.md)), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes. ### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison? Yes. The markdown twin at [this comparison](/compare/imbad0202-academic-research-skills-vs-reugn-go-streams.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, academic-research-skills or go-streams? academic-research-skills: Very active. go-streams: Slowing. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance. ### Where are the full trust reports for academic-research-skills and go-streams? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [academic-research-skills trust report](/tools/imbad0202-academic-research-skills/trust); [go-streams trust report](/tools/reugn-go-streams/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=imbad0202-academic-research-skills`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=imbad0202-academic-research-skills) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_