# Install go-bindata with Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix, zypper Small utility that generates Go code from any file. Version 4.0.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:go-bindata ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install go-bindata ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install go-bindata ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/go-bindata/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add go-bindata ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: go-bindata from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install go-bindata ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: go-bindata from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#go-bindata ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/go-bindata/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install golang-github-jteeuwen-go-bindata ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: golang-github-jteeuwen-go-bindata from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:go-bindata - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.0.2 - **Source summary:** Small utility that generates Go code from any file - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-2-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - go-bindata (cli) - go-bindata (alias) ## Dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 4.0.2 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/kevinburke/go-bindata - Upstream latest detected: v4.0.2 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage go-bindata is a Go code-generation utility for embedding files into Go programs. It belongs to an older pre-embed generation of Go asset tooling: developers ran a command over static assets, committed or built the generated Go file, and accessed assets through generated helper functions. ### Project history The project lineage began with jteeuwen/go-bindata, whose README described conversion of arbitrary files into manageable Go source code. Kevin Burke's fork became the Homebrew-trusted version and documented maintenance changes such as atomic writes, SHA-256 hashes for embedded files, generated code formatting, size reporting, and safer file-mode handling. ### Adoption history The tool spread through package-manager ecosystems because it solved a common deployment problem for Go services before Go added native file embedding. Homebrew, Debian-family packages, Nix, MacPorts, and other distributions carried go-bindata or its original jteeuwen package name, which made it a familiar build-time dependency for Go web services and single-binary CLIs. ### How it is used Practitioners use go-bindata by pointing the CLI at one or more directories, often with recursive `...` patterns, and then importing the generated `bindata.go` output into an application. The README highlights common production and development patterns: debug mode loads assets from disk during iteration, release mode embeds them into the binary, and flags such as `-o`, `-ignore`, `-prefix`, `-nocompress`, and `-nomemcopy` tune output shape and runtime tradeoffs. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, go-bindata is notable as a maintained fork of a once widely packaged Go asset tool. Its presence in Homebrew under Kevin Burke's fork records the practical packaging move from an older upstream identity to a maintained distribution target. ### Timeline - 2016: Kevin Burke's fork was created on GitHub. - 2017: The fork began publishing GitHub releases. - 2023: v4 releases continued the module-era maintenance line. ### Related projects - jteeuwen/go-bindata - elazarl/go-bindata-assetfs - Go embed package ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** go-bindata - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - go-bindata - 3.0.7+git20151023.72.a0ff256-4+b16: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: go-bindata from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | embed data in a Go program | https://github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata - Nix - go-bindata: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/go-bindata/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - go-bindata - 3.0.7+git20151023.72.a0ff256-4build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: go-bindata from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | embed data in a Go program | https://github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata - apk - go-bindata - 3.1.3-r44: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: go-bindata from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A small utility which generates Go code from any file | https://github.com/go-bindata/go-bindata - zypper - golang-github-jteeuwen-go-bindata - 3.0.7+git20151023.72.a0ff256-5.23: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: golang-github-jteeuwen-go-bindata from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A small utility which generates Go code from any file | https://github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata - MacPorts - go-bindata: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/go-bindata/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gomodifytags](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gomodifytags/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, go. - [counterfeiter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/counterfeiter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, go. - [go-blueprint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go-blueprint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, go. - [goctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/goctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, go. - [gowsdl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gowsdl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, go. - [hz](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hz/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, go. - [ifacemaker](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ifacemaker/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, go. - [mockery](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mockery/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, go. - [go-rice](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go-rice/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. 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