go-embed VS vfsgen

Compare go-embed vs vfsgen and see what are their differences.

go-embed

Generates go code to embed resource files into your library or executable (by pyros2097)

vfsgen

Takes an input http.FileSystem (likely at go generate time) and generates Go code that statically implements it. (by shurcooL)
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go-embed vfsgen
1 3
28 981
- 0.0%
0.7 2.1
over 3 years ago 5 months ago
Go Go
MIT License MIT License
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go-embed

Posts with mentions or reviews of go-embed. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2020-12-25.

vfsgen

Posts with mentions or reviews of vfsgen. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-05-05.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing go-embed and vfsgen you can also consider the following projects:

packr - The simple and easy way to embed static files into Go binaries.

go-bindata - A small utility which generates Go code from any file. Useful for embedding binary data in a Go program.

go.rice - go.rice is a Go package that makes working with resources such as html,js,css,images,templates, etc very easy.

statik - Embed files into a Go executable

fileb0x - a better customizable tool to embed files in go; also update embedded files remotely without restarting the server

templify - A tool to be used with 'go generate' to embed external template files into Go code.

statics - :file_folder: Embeds static resources into go files for single binary compilation + works with http.FileSystem + symlinks

esc - A simple file embedder for Go