# go-iptables

**Repository Path**: mirrors/go-iptables

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: go-iptables
- **Description**: Go bindings for iptables utility.
- **Primary Language**: Go
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 3
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-05-06
- **Last Updated**: 2025-09-06

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: web-dev-toolkits

**Tags**: None

## README

# go-iptables

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Go bindings for iptables utility.

In-kernel netfilter does not have a good userspace API. The tables are manipulated via setsockopt that sets/replaces the entire table. Changes to existing table need to be resolved by userspace code which is difficult and error-prone. Netfilter developers heavily advocate using iptables utlity for programmatic manipulation.

go-iptables wraps invocation of iptables utility with functions to append and delete rules; create, clear and delete chains.