rakyll/statik

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

3826 stars · 227 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

statik is a Go tool that embeds a directory of static files into a Go binary, generating a package that registers the contents as an http.FileSystem. It lets developers distribute a single executable that serves its own images, CSS, and JavaScript over HTTP.

Use cases

• embed static assets into a single Go binary
• serve CSS, JS, and images from a Go executable without external files
• distribute a CLI tool with a bundled web UI
• read embedded file contents at runtime in Go
• generate deterministic static file packages for CI

When to choose

• you need to ship a single self-contained Go binary that serves a small web component
• your static files are small and served to a limited number of users
• you are maintaining an older Go codebase predating the embed package

When to avoid

• you are on Go 1.16 or newer, where the standard library 'embed' package handles this natively
• you need to serve large static assets or high-traffic sites
• you need advanced asset features like hashing, minification, or live reload

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

http-server file-system cli developer-tools web-development developer-tools go cli cross-platform static-assets go-embed single-binary http-filesystem asset-packing command-line

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