Top 18 Go Build system Projects

• earthly

  18 10,838 9.8 Go

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

  

Project mention: Cache is King: A guide for Docker layer caching in GitHub Actions | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-07

Also CACHE keyword, for cache mounts. Makes incremental tools like compilers work well in the context of dockerfiles and layer caches.

That can extend beyond just producing docker iamges as well. Under the covers the CACHE keyword is how lib/rust in Earthly makes building Rust artifacts in CI faster.

https://github.com/earthly/earthly/issues/1399

• devbox

  47 7,456 9.7 Go

  Instant, easy, and predictable development environments

  

Project mention: Show HN: Flox 1.0 – Open-source dev env as code with Nix | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-13

How does Flox compare to Devbox? https://github.com/jetpack-io/devbox

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• realize

  0 4,436 0.0 Go

  Realize is the #1 Golang Task Runner which enhance your workflow by automating the most common tasks and using the best performing Golang live reloading.

  

• please

  3 2,404 9.3 Go

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

  

Project mention: Go Dependency management in large company projects - How do you do it? | /r/golang | 2023-07-08

Hyper-large tech companies managing hyper-large monorepos using Bazel (google), buck (Facebook), please (thought machine), pants (Twitter, Foursquare & Square) enjoy them but also have a lot of resources devoted to running and maintaining it.

• mmake

  0 1,704 0.0 Go

  Modern Make

• bob

  33 432 4.5 Go

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

  

• lure

  13 399 8.7 Go

  The community repository missing from your Linux distro

  

Project mention: first time installing Gentoo (I'll probably fail) | /r/linuxmemes | 2023-07-02

Understandable, but have you looked into LURE? Haven’t tried myself (I use Arch btw) but this might work better for you. Also check this and this, in case you can setup a server that will just update packages list and download required packages so that your main machine will not struggle that much

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• bramble

  2 180 0.0 Go

  Purely functional build system and package manager (by maxmcd)

• knit

  4 180 6.4 Go

  A simple and flexible build tool using Lua, similar to make/mk.

• rbxmk

  2 104 0.0 Go

  A tool for processing Roblox files.

• gradle

  1 29 7.8 Go

  A Cloud Native Buildpack that builds Gradle-based applications from source (by paketo-buildpacks)

  

• maven

  1 28 7.9 Go

  A Cloud Native Buildpack that builds Maven-based applications from source (by paketo-buildpacks)

  

• Builder

  5 17 8.8 Go

  Next-Gen Builder (by AuditDeploy)

  

Project mention: Next-Gen Builder: The Go Build Tool with Complete Transparency. From Repo to Shippable – Never Question Your Build Metadata Again. | /r/golang | 2023-09-30

• clojure-tools

  1 10 7.8 Go

  A Cloud Native Buildpack that builds Clojure-based applications from source

  

• sbt

  1 9 7.8 Go

  A Cloud Native Buildpack that builds SBT-based applications from source (by paketo-buildpacks)

  

• leiningen

  1 8 7.7 Go

  A Cloud Native Buildpack that builds Leiningen-based applications from source (by paketo-buildpacks)

  

• bobc

  1 7 4.0 Go

  Remote cache for https://bob.build

  

Project mention: Spot - a simple and flexible tool for devops automation | /r/golang | 2023-05-03

https://github.com/benchkram/bobc has task but they are memorised, and has caching.

• spok

  1 4 7.9 Go

  It's a build system Jim, but not as we know it 🖖 (by FollowTheProcess)

• SaaSHub

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Go Build system related posts

• Next-Gen Builder: The Go Build Tool with Complete Transparency. From Repo to Shippable – Never Question Your Build Metadata Again.
  1 project | /r/golang | 30 Sep 2023
• Show HN: Builder – Build tool with transparent logs and metadata for every build
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Sep 2023
• The Open-Source Solution to Every Developer's Build and Compile Nightmare
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Sep 2023
• first time installing Gentoo (I'll probably fail)
  1 project | /r/linuxmemes | 2 Jul 2023
• Next-Gen Builder
  1 project | dev.to | 25 May 2023
• Reason to use other Build Tool than Make?
  9 projects | /r/golang | 19 May 2023
• Bob 0.8.0: Keeping Hot Reloading for React, Vuejs or Svelte Functional
  1 project | /r/typescript | 7 Apr 2023
• A note from our sponsor - WorkOS
  workos.com | 26 Apr 2024

  The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning. Learn more →

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