Top 21 Go Build Tool Projects

• air

  49 15,225 7.9 Go

  ☁️ Live reload for Go apps

Project mention: Live reloading in Go | dev.to | 2024-03-20

To enable live reloading in Go we will checkout the command tool, Air - Live reload for Go apps.

• earthly

  18 10,816 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

• 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.

  

• devbox

  47 7,402 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

• 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 9.4 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 1,702 0.0 Go

  Modern Make

• xc

  9 986 7.2 Go

  Markdown defined task runner.

Project mention: Runme – Interactive Runbooks Built with Markdown | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-24

Nice!

Xc is another doing a similar job

https://xcfile.dev/

• 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.

  

• buildtools

  1 972 7.4 Go

  A bazel BUILD file formatter and editor

  

• gow

  5 681 6.0 Go

  Missing watch mode for Go commands. Watch Go files and execute a command like "go run" or "go test" (by mitranim)

Project mention: How to start a Go project in 2023 | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-05-23

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

• bazel-remote

  4 557 8.0 Go

  A remote cache for Bazel

• bob

  33 432 5.1 Go

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

  

• mbt

  1 215 0.0 Go

  The most flexible build tool for monorepo

  

• qb

  1 208 6.5 Go

  Zero-configuration build system to very quickly build C/C++ projects. (by codecat)

• hotbuild

  1 190 0.0 Go

  a cross platform hot compilation tool for golang

• knit

  4 179 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.

• parker

  2 80 6.3 Go

  🍀 package the workdir into a lightweight container runtime that can be executed directly. (by weiwenhao)

Project mention: Show HN: Package a Python script into an executable file | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-09-22

• up

  3 48 0.0 Go

  UP - Ultimate Provisioner CLI (by upcmd)

  

• 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

• 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.

• gomake

  2 6 4.4 Go

  A make alternative with yaml and go template syntax (like helm)

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