Composer (or the alternatives for other languages) do more than the vendor&#x2F; directories do. Those tools manage the versions in the directories which are important for compatibility, ensuring versions around security issues, and so on.<p>Glide[1] is a tool like Composer but for Go and it uses the vendor&#x2F; directory. It&#x27;s designed to complement the go commands.<p><i>disclosure: I&#x27;m one of the glide devs</i><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Masterminds&#x2F;glide" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Masterminds&#x2F;glide</a>