When you start a Go project, you usually copy something old, grab a half-broken boilerplate, or stitch together folders until it “feels right.”
But what if you had a clean, versioned starting point — designed from day one to scale, evolve, and stay sane?
That’s where goboot comes in.
What is goboot?
goboot is a deterministic scaffolding tool for Go projects.
Not a framework. Not a code dump.
Instead: a modular, developer-first CLI that grows clean Go projects in structured, maintainable layers.
It’s designed for:
- OSS maintainers who care about hygiene
- Indie builders and backend devs who hate chaos
- Infrastructure/codegen projects that need reproducibility
v0.0.0 – Structured Bootstrap with Real Output
The first public release is more than just layout:
- CLI entrypoint:
goboot - Working service system (
base_project) - Go
text/templaterendering — both in paths and file content - A fully functional scaffold generator with placeholders and structure
- Full documentation:
README,ROADMAP,VERSIONING, ADRs, diagrams
This means goboot already does something useful:
It can render a minimal project scaffold from a config, cleanly and reproducibly.
Design Principles
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Modular by default (
cmd/,pkg/,configs/,templates/) - Deterministic output — no random CLI magic
- Layered roadmap with minimalism, security, and CI in mind
- No runtime reflection, no global state, no magic
It’s boring on purpose — so your projects don’t fall apart.
Roadmap Highlights
Next milestones include:
- CI & lint/test automation
- Contributor workflows
- Docker support
- Template extension system
- Plugin-based generator logic
Full roadmap: ROADMAP.md
Try It
git clone https://github.com/it-timo/goboot.git
cd goboot
go run ./cmd/goboot/main.go
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This will invoke the base_project service — rendering a basic project scaffold from templates using your config.
Follow Along
- ⭐ Star the repo
- Join discussions or open issues
- Future releases will be added as comments below
Thanks for reading —
Timo
GitHub: https://github.com/it-timo/goboot
License: MIT
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