# go-bootstrap/go-bootstrap

Generates a lean and mean Go web project.

Repository: https://github.com/go-bootstrap/go-bootstrap
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/go-bootstrap
Homepage: http://go-bootstrap.io
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-05-31T17:48:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4137, "days_push": 2285, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1586, forks 106 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:07.737572+00:00)

## What it is
A Go command-line generator that scaffolds a lean, opinionated web project skeleton with preselected libraries (Gorilla, sqlx, logrus, Viper). It offers core, PostgreSQL, and MySQL templates and is explicitly not a web framework.

## Use cases
- generate a new Go web project skeleton
- bootstrap a Go web app with PostgreSQL
- scaffold a Go REST API project with sessions and auth
- create a Go web project with Docker and Vagrant setup
- start a minimal Go web server without a full framework
- generate a Go project with database migrations configured

## When to choose
- you want an opinionated, prewired Go web project instead of assembling libraries yourself
- you prefer Gorilla, sqlx, and minimal tooling over a full framework
- you need a quick skeleton with bcrypt auth, sessions, and migrations included

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained, actively updated scaffold (last release 2020, uses deprecated libraries like tylerb/graceful)
- you want a full-featured web framework rather than a one-time generator
- you develop on Windows and need the PostgreSQL template
- you prefer choosing your own stack of libraries

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, boilerplate, database, auth, configuration-management, logging, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools
- platform: go
- tags: project-generator, scaffolding, gorilla, sqlx, postgresql, mysql, code-generation, command-line, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- go-bootstrap/go-bootstrap (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:07.737572+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:55:28.812435+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/go-bootstrap/go-bootstrap (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:07.737572+00:00, sha eb1e912eecf4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.