wgo
Live reload for Go apps. Watch arbitrary files and respond with arbitrary commands. Supports running multiple invocations in parallel. (by bokwoon95)
gow
Missing watch mode for Go commands. Watch Go files and execute a command like "go run" or "go test" (by mitranim)

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wgo
Posts with mentions or reviews of wgo.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-29.
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wgo: a live reload tool for Go
wgo is simpler, simply prepend 'w' to any go run command to make it wgo run and now it does the same thing as go run but it also reloads the program whenever a Go file changes. Also takes in the same build flags as go run. Very intuitive to use.
gow
Posts with mentions or reviews of gow.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-23.
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How to start a Go project in 2023
The article mentions GOW[0] for a file watcher. If anyone is looking for a non-go specific one, I've really enjoyed reflex[1]. Makes it super easy to reload different parts of a project based on what type of file has changed.
[0]https://github.com/mitranim/gow
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wgo: a live reload tool for Go
I use gow. How does it compare with it?
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Golang's "go install" - what about other developers? Automation of dependency download
I try to build my first project. Currently I focus on tests (TDD) so I looked for some library/package to watch tests. I found: gow: https://github.com/mitranim/gow.
- mitranim/gow: watch mode for Go commands
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I use the gin (not the framework) reload tool a lot, but I notice it's failing on github
I use this one https://github.com/mitranim/gow
What are some alternatives?
When comparing wgo and gow you can also consider the following projects:
liver - Liver is a dead simple live reloading framework that works by attaching itself to processes
air - ☁️ Live reload for Go apps
hotbuild - a cross platform hot compilation tool for golang
gon - Sign, notarize, and package macOS CLI tools and applications written in any language. Available as both a CLI and a Go library.

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