Go Build

Open-source Go projects categorized as Build

Top 23 Go Build Projects

  1. earthly

    Super simple build framework with fast, repeatable builds and an instantly familiar syntax – like Dockerfile and Makefile had a baby.

    Project mention: The Pain That Is GitHub Actions | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-19

    There is at a tiny glimmer of life on the earthly front - yesterday, they merged their first changes in 6 months:

    [1] https://github.com/earthly/earthly/commit/6d7f6786ad9fa4392f...

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  3. gaia

    Build powerful pipelines in any programming language.

  4. garble

    Obfuscate Go builds

  5. please

    High-performance extensible build system for reproducible multi-language builds.

  6. cloud-builders

    Builder images and examples commonly used for Google Cloud Build

  7. cloud-builders-community

    Community-contributed images for Google Cloud Build

    Project mention: Deploying Kubernetes CronJobs with Helm and Google Cloud Build | dev.to | 2024-12-21

    git clone https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-builders-community.git cd cloud-builders-community/helm GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=mkdev GCR_HELM=gcr.io/$GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT/helm docker build -t $GCR_HELM . docker push $GCR_HELM

  8. buildbuddy

    BuildBuddy is an open source Bazel build event viewer, result store, remote cache, and remote build execution platform.

  9. SaaSHub

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  10. bazel-remote

    A remote cache for Bazel

  11. appify

    Create a macOS Application from an executable (like a Go binary)

  12. bob

    Bob is a high-level build tool for multi-language projects. (by benchkram)

  13. bazel-watcher

    Tools for building Bazel targets when source files change.

  14. bass

    a low fidelity scripting language for project infrastructure (by vito)

  15. baur

    An incremental task runner for mono repositories. (by simplesurance)

    Project mention: Ask HN: Best Tools for Monorepo? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-07-31

    This one I used a few times, might be useful for your case.

    https://github.com/simplesurance/baur

  16. d2vm

    Build Virtual Machine Image from Dockerfile or Docker image

  17. luet

    :package: :whale: 0-dependency Container-based Package Manager using SAT solver and QLearning

  18. pacur

    Automated deb, rpm and pkgbuild build system

  19. mbt

    The most flexible build tool for monorepo

  20. Builder

    Next-Gen Builder (by AuditDeploy)

  21. ham

    HAM (Hetzner Android Make) is a simple tool written in GO which can build LineageOS (or AOSP) from source using Hetzner Cloud, Fully Automated. Build under €1. (by antony-jr)

  22. grml

    A simple build automation tool written in Go

  23. mgo

    Build and bundle multiple GOAMD64 variants in a single executable (by CAFxX)

  24. bobc

    Remote cache for https://bob.build

  25. traci

    CI command wrapper that generates and exports traces in OpenTelemetry format

  26. SaaSHub

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Build projects in Go? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 earthly 11,761
2 gaia 5,216
3 garble 4,732
4 please 2,514
5 cloud-builders 1,401
6 cloud-builders-community 1,281
7 buildbuddy 661
8 bazel-remote 652
9 appify 530
10 bob 485
11 bazel-watcher 470
12 bass 406
13 baur 370
14 d2vm 297
15 luet 281
16 pacur 236
17 mbt 220
18 Builder 20
19 ham 14
20 grml 14
21 mgo 13
22 bobc 9
23 traci 9

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