A Cookiecutter template for generating production-ready Go projects with Docker, CI, and optional integrations.
cookiecutter-golang is a Cookiecutter-based template for quickly generating Go projects with production-grade configurations. It solves the problem of repetitive project setup by providing a pre-configured foundation with Docker, CI/CD, and optional integrations like Viper and Cobra. The template ensures new projects follow best practices for dependency management, containerization, and automation.
Go developers and teams starting new projects who want to avoid boilerplate setup and ensure production-ready standards from day one. It's especially useful for those deploying containerized applications with CI/CD pipelines.
Developers choose this template because it automates the initial project configuration with battle-tested tools and patterns, saving hours of setup time. Its unique selling point is the combination of Docker multistage builds, optional library integrations, and CI/CD support in a single, maintainable template.
A Go project template
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Includes a comprehensive Makefile with commands for building, testing, and deploying, reducing manual steps and enforcing consistency.
Uses multistage Docker builds to create slim, production-ready containers without source code, with non-root users and dumb-init for security.
Supports Viper for configuration, Cobra for CLI tools, and Logrus for logging, allowing flexible customization based on project needs.
Provides ready-to-use setups for TravisCI or CircleCI, accelerating pipeline integration and ensuring best practices from the start.
Requires Python and Cookiecutter to generate projects, adding an external toolchain that may complicate setup in Go-only environments.
Enforces specific choices like dep or Go modules and supported libraries, which can clash with teams using alternative tools or workflows.
Needs Docker v17.05.0-ce or higher for multistage builds, potentially excluding environments with older or incompatible Docker versions.