stephenafamo/bob

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1777 stars · 113 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Bob is a Go SQL access toolkit providing a fluent, dialect-aware query builder for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite, plus a database-first ORM with code generation of typed models, factories, and sqlc-style query code. It emphasizes progressive enhancement from raw SQL strings to fully typed queries.

Use cases

• build type-safe SQL queries in Go without an ORM
• generate Go models and factories from an existing database schema
• replace GORM or SQLBoiler with a database-first ORM
• generate typed code for hand-written SQL queries like sqlc
• write dialect-specific queries for Postgres, MySQL, or SQLite
• eager-load related models based on foreign keys
• generate test fixtures for database-backed Go code

When to choose

• you prefer a database-first workflow with schema-driven code generation
• you want progressive adoption from raw SQL to typed models
• you need strong typing and full autocomplete for queries
• you want sqlc-like query codegen plus ORM features in one toolkit

When to avoid

• you want a migration tool to create your schema (Bob expects the schema to already exist)
• you prefer a code-first ORM that defines models in Go
• your project does not use PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQLite

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