DEV Community
•
2026-04-28 13:39
I Built a Go Project Scaffolding Tool (Because the Ecosystem Needed One)
If you've ever started a new Go project, you know the drill. Create a directory, run go mod init, write a main.go, set up a router, wire up handlers, add a Makefile, configure a .gitignore before you've written a single line of your code, you've already spent 30 minutes on boilerplate.
The JavaScript world has create-react-app. The Java world has Spring Initializr. The Go world had copy-paste fro...