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Top 23 Go Build Tool Projects
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Taskfile.dev
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InfluxDB
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earthly
Super simple build framework with fast, repeatable builds and an instantly familiar syntax – like Dockerfile and Makefile had a baby.
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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realize
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.
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Project mention: Do-nothing scripting: the key to gradual automation (2019) | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-08
I found this a few years ago and was quite inspired by it. I then more recently found https://xcfile.dev/ which is a great way to implement these sort of scripts directly in the project's README.
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SaaSHub
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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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Project mention: Bob: A high-level build tool for multi-language projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-05-29
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It's not Rust, it's not production ready, and I haven't actually used it (only read the README and blog posts), but I really enjoy the ideas behind https://github.com/256lights/zb - see https://www.zombiezen.com/blog/2024/09/zb-early-stage-build-... for a list of these ideas.
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parker
🍀 package the workdir into a lightweight container runtime that can be executed directly. (by weiwenhao)
Project mention: Show HN: I built a programming language, inspired by Golang | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-20 -
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Project mention: Show HN: Sandcastle – a minimal, lightweight build tool and shell automator | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-06-24
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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).
Go Build Tool discussion
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Zb: An Early-Stage Build System
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A note from our sponsor - InfluxDB
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Build Tool projects in Go? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Task | 12,792 |
| 2 | earthly | 11,739 |
| 3 | devbox | 9,817 |
| 4 | realize | 4,454 |
| 5 | please | 2,510 |
| 6 | mmake | 1,724 |
| 7 | xc | 1,280 |
| 8 | buildtools | 1,087 |
| 9 | gow | 835 |
| 10 | bazel-remote | 647 |
| 11 | bob | 485 |
| 12 | zb | 336 |
| 13 | mbt | 220 |
| 14 | qb | 213 |
| 15 | hotbuild | 213 |
| 16 | knit | 187 |
| 17 | rbxmk | 114 |
| 18 | parker | 84 |
| 19 | up | 51 |
| 20 | Builder | 20 |
| 21 | sandcastle | 20 |
| 22 | bobc | 10 |
| 23 | gomake | 6 |
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