Source: https://seerepo.com/r/lima-vm/lima/built
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/r/lima-vm/lima/built.md
Description: lima is a Go repo built with net/http. It uses AI through Model Context Protocol and makes its content with golang.org/x/image.

# What is lima built with?

lima is a Go repo built with net/http. It uses AI through Model Context Protocol, makes its content with golang.org/x/image, validates its data with github.com/invopop/jsonschema and github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6, is tested with gotest.tools/v3 and github.com/google/go-cmp, deploys with github.com/sirupsen/logrus, github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim, and github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22, and uses MCP. It has 68,029 written lines, with 123 test files.

Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 0b60dc9.

Repository: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima

## Frontend

### Interface

- **github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2**: 2 files
- **github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2**: 1 file

## Backend

### The base

- **[net/http](https://seerepo.com/uses/net-http)**

### AI

- **Model Context Protocol**

### Services

- **[MCP](https://seerepo.com/uses/mcp)**: 2 files · [cmd/limactl-mcp/main.go, line 16](https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/blob/0b60dc91f92af162e7d0daa74b378d758354d40c/cmd/limactl-mcp/main.go#L16)

## Support

### Content

- **golang.org/x/image**: 1 file

### Validation

- **github.com/invopop/jsonschema**: 1 file
- **github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6**: 1 file

### Testing

- **gotest.tools/v3**: 120 files
- **github.com/google/go-cmp**: 1 file

### Deploy

- **[github.com/sirupsen/logrus](https://seerepo.com/uses/githubcom-sirupsen-logrus)**: 145 files
- **github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim**: 2 files
- **github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22**: 1 file

### Tools

- **github.com/spf13/cobra**: 54 files
- **github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2**: 1 file
- **github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2**: 1 file

### Other

- **golang.org/x/sys**: 20 files
- **github.com/coreos/go-semver**: 18 files
- **Docker**: 15 files
- **[Google](https://seerepo.com/uses/google)**: 8 files
- **github.com/goccy/go-yaml**: 7 files
- **github.com/mattn/go-isatty**: 7 files
- **google.golang.org/protobuf**: 7 files
- **github.com/rjeczalik/notify**: 5 files
- **github.com/spf13/pflag**: 5 files
- **containerd**: 4 files
- **github.com/opencontainers/go-digest**: 3 files
- **github.com/Microsoft/go-winio**: 2 files
- **github.com/pbnjay/memory**: 2 files
- **golang.org/x/text**: 2 files
- **github.com/klauspost/compress**: 1 file
- **github.com/miekg/dns**: 1 file
- **golang.org/x/net**: 1 file
- **golang.org/x/sync**: 1 file
- **mvdan.cc/sh/v3**: 1 file

## Other repos with a similar stack

- [infiniflow/ragflow](https://seerepo.com/r/infiniflow/ragflow/built): net/http, MCP, Model Context Protocol, golang.org/x/image · [Compare](https://seerepo.com/compare/infiniflow/ragflow/vs/lima-vm/lima)
- [netdata/netdata](https://seerepo.com/r/netdata/netdata/built): net/http, MCP, github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 · [Compare](https://seerepo.com/compare/lima-vm/lima/vs/netdata/netdata)
- [moby/moby](https://seerepo.com/r/moby/moby/built): net/http, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 · [Compare](https://seerepo.com/compare/lima-vm/lima/vs/moby/moby)
- [ollama/ollama](https://seerepo.com/r/ollama/ollama/built): net/http, golang.org/x/image
- [JuliusBrussee/caveman](https://seerepo.com/r/JuliusBrussee/caveman/built): net/http, MCP
- [traefik/traefik](https://seerepo.com/r/traefik/traefik/built): github.com/sirupsen/logrus, github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22

## Frequently asked questions

### What language is lima written in?

lima is written in Go, with 68,029 written lines.

### What framework does lima use?

lima is built with net/http.

### Does lima use AI?

Yes. lima uses AI through Model Context Protocol.

### What services does lima use?

lima uses MCP.

The proof: [cmd/limactl-mcp/main.go, line 16](https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/blob/0b60dc91f92af162e7d0daa74b378d758354d40c/cmd/limactl-mcp/main.go#L16)

### Does lima have tests?

Yes. lima has 123 test files and is tested with gotest.tools/v3 and github.com/google/go-cmp.

### Which repos have a stack like lima's?

The ones that share most of its stack: infiniflow/ragflow, netdata/netdata, and moby/moby.

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.