# Install gotests with Homebrew, Nix Automatically generate Go test boilerplate from your source code. Version 1.9.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-13. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gotests ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gotests ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#gotests ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/gotests/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gotests - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.9.0 - **Source summary:** Automatically generate Go test boilerplate from your source code - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-13T23:34:57+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - gotests (cli) - gotests (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.9.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-13 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/cweill/gotests - Upstream latest detected: v1.9.0 (current) ## 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 Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - gotests: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/gotests/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/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/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [counterfeiter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/counterfeiter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, go, testing. - [mockery](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mockery/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, go, testing. - [gotestsum](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gotestsum/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, golang, testing. - [mockolo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mockolo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, testing. - [fake-gcs-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fake-gcs-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, testing. - [gor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, testing. - [h2spec](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/h2spec/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, testing. - [htmltest](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/htmltest/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, testing. - [ifacemaker](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ifacemaker/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, code, code-generation, developer, developer-tools. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gotests.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/gotests.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph