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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install gotests

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Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#gotests

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overview

Package summary

Automatically generate Go test boilerplate from your source code

Project links

Commands and aliases

gotests

history

Project history and usage

gotests is a Go test-boilerplate generator. It analyzes functions and methods and emits table-driven test scaffolding, fitting the Go community's preference for generated but editable test code.

Project history

The repository was created in January 2016 and published early 1.x releases in 2016. The README describes the tool as a generator for table-driven tests and documents command-line filters for exported functions, named tests, recursive package traversal, templates, and writing generated tests back to files.

Adoption history

The README highlights integrations with editor and IDE workflows, including Sublime Text, Emacs, Vim, Atom, Visual Studio Code, and GoLand. That adoption pattern made gotests useful as both a terminal command and an editor action for quickly producing test skeletons.

How it is used

Typical usage is to run gotests against files or packages, optionally selecting specific functions, exported APIs, custom templates, or testify-style output. Later releases added full Go generics support and an optional local-LLM mode through Ollama for generating test cases.

Why package nerds care

gotests is the sort of package that shows how Go tooling tends to compose: it is not a test framework, but a small generator that feeds ordinary go test workflows and leaves normal Go source behind.

Timeline

2016: Repository created and v1.0 published.
2020: v1.6.0 release published.
2025: v1.8.0 release described full Go generics support.
2025: v1.9.0 release described local AI-powered test generation through Ollama.

Related projects

Go's table-driven test idiom is the coding style gotests automates.
Go editor integrations such as VS Code Go and Vim plugins provide interactive entry points for generated tests.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`gotests`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version1.9.0

manager updated2026-06-13

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.9.0

https://github.com/cweill/gotests

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gotests
Version	1.9.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gotests
Homepage	https://github.com/cweill/gotests
Repository	https://github.com/cweill/gotests
Upstream docs	https://github.com/cweill/gotests#readme
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/cweill/gotests/archive/refs/tags/v1.9.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-13T23:34:57+02:00
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	gotests
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

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nix profile install nixpkgs#gotests

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Matched by: Gotests

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package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/gotests.yml

Used sources

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Nucleus package database
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