go-bindata/go-bindata

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go-bindata converts any data file into Go source code so binary assets can be embedded directly into a Go program. It ships as a command line tool that generates a bindata.go file with an Asset function for accessing embedded data, with optional gzip compression and debug-mode file loading.

Use cases

• embed static assets like html, css and js into a go binary
• generate go source code from data files
• bundle templates and config files into a single executable
• serve embedded static files from a go webserver
• compress binary data into byte slices at build time

When to choose

• you need a single self-contained go binary with no external asset files
• you want debug mode that loads assets from disk during development
• you are on an older go toolchain without go:embed support

When to avoid

• you are on go 1.16 or newer, where the standard go:embed directive is preferred
• you need frequent asset updates without recompiling in production
• you want actively developed tooling with modern features

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

build-tool developer-tools compression developer-tools web-development go cli cross-platform asset-embedding code-generation static-assets embed-files command-line

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