# gravityblast/fresh

Build and (re)start go web apps after saving/creating/deleting source files.

Repository: https://github.com/gravityblast/fresh
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gravityblast-fresh
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-06-21T17:16:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4613, "days_push": 803, "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 3857, forks 376 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:27.454740+00:00)

## What it is
Fresh is a command line tool that watches Go source and template files and automatically rebuilds and restarts your web application on every save, create, or delete. It is configurable via a runner.conf file and can show build errors in the browser for supported web frameworks.

## Use cases
- auto-restart go web server when source files change
- hot reload go web app during development
- rebuild go application on file save
- watch go and template files and rerun server
- show build errors while developing go web apps

## When to choose
- you develop Go web applications and want automatic rebuild-and-restart on file changes
- you want a simple, configurable file watcher for Go projects
- you use a supported framework like Traffic, Martini, or gocraft/web and want browser-visible build errors

## When to avoid
- you need hot reloading for non-Go languages or frontend assets
- you prefer a more actively maintained alternative like air
- your project is not a web application that benefits from restart-on-change

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: go, cli, cross-platform
- tags: hot-reload, live-reload, go-development, file-watcher, web-apps, command-line

## Member repositories
- gravityblast/fresh (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:27.454740+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 2026-08-29T18:25:55.398188+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gravityblast/fresh (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:27.454740+00:00, sha 825e27c7b5ec)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.