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# Athens {#module-athens}
*Source:* {file}`modules/services/development/athens.nix`
*Upstream documentation:* <https://docs.gomods.io/>
[Athens](https://github.com/gomods/athens)
is a Go module datastore and proxy
The main goal of Athens is providing a Go proxy (`$GOPROXY`) in regions without access to `https://proxy.golang.org` or to
improve the speed of Go module downloads for CI/CD systems.
## Configuring {#module-services-development-athens-configuring}
A complete list of options for the Athens module may be found
[here](#opt-services.athens.enable).
## Basic usage for a caching proxy configuration {#opt-services-development-athens-caching-proxy}
A very basic configuration for Athens that acts as a caching and forwarding HTTP proxy is:
```nix
{
services.athens = {
enable = true;
};
}
```
If you want to prevent Athens from writing to disk, you can instead configure it to cache modules only in memory:
```nix
{
services.athens = {
enable = true;
storageType = "memory";
};
}
```
To use the local proxy in Go builds, you can set the proxy as environment variable:
```nix
{
environment.variables = {
GOPROXY = "http://localhost:3000";
};
}
```
It is currently not possible to use the local proxy for builds done by the Nix daemon. This might be enabled
by experimental features, specifically [`configurable-impure-env`](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/contributing/experimental-features#xp-feature-configurable-impure-env),
in upcoming Nix versions.