wgo: a live reload tool for Go

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  • wgo

    Live reload for Go apps. Watch arbitrary files and respond with arbitrary commands. Supports running multiple invocations in parallel.

    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.

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  • air

    ☁️ Live reload for Go apps

    I used to use Air for live reload, but I really didn't like the config file requirement and noisy log output. Plus running a cross-platform config file is impossible (because windows requires the .exe suffix), which really sucks because air is so reliant on its config file in the first place.

  • entr

    Run arbitrary commands when files change

    How does it compare to entr?

  • gow

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

    I use gow. How does it compare with it?

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