Go is creating huge executables for the simplest of programs.

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  • TinyGo

    Go compiler for small places. Microcontrollers, WebAssembly (WASM/WASI), and command-line tools. Based on LLVM.

  • https://tinygo.org is an alternate compiler for embedded or wasm use cases.

  • upx

    UPX - the Ultimate Packer for eXecutables

  • You can try to a compress an output binary using https://itnext.io/shrinking-go-executable-9e9c17b47a41

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  • go

    The Go programming language

  • It is! There's also this discussion https://github.com/golang/go/issues/36313

  • cobra

    A Commander for modern Go CLI interactions

  • Use cobra to combine many of your programs into one using package imports

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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