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Install gowsdl with Homebrew

WSDL2Go code generation as well as its SOAP proxy. Version 0.5.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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brew install gowsdl

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overview

Package summary

WSDL2Go code generation as well as its SOAP proxy

Commands and aliases

  • gowsdl

history

Project history and usage

gowsdl is a Go code generator for SOAP services described by WSDL files. It turns WSDL 1.1 and XML Schema definitions into Go code and includes a SOAP proxy/client layer for the generated types.

Project history

The repository history starts in December 2013 with early work on CLI wiring, WSDL and schema resolution, code generation, and SOAP proxy support. The README states the goal as generating idiomatic Go code while supporting Document/Literal wrapped services, WSDL 1.1, XML Schema 1.0, SOAP 1.1, and local or external WSDL files.

Adoption history

gowsdl occupies a niche in the Go ecosystem for teams that still need to integrate with SOAP endpoints. Its README documents binary releases, `go get` or `go install`, and Homebrew installation, making it easy to use as a project-local generator or a package-manager-installed CLI.

How it is used

A typical invocation is `gowsdl [options] myservice.wsdl`, with flags for output file, generated package name, TLS verification behavior for fetching WSDLs, and version output. The README cautions that generated code reflects the source WSDL, so duplicated or awkward service definitions can carry through into Go.

Why package nerds care

The package is interesting because it packages an enterprise interoperability workflow as a small Go CLI: SOAP and WSDL are legacy-heavy, but Go users can install a generator from source, GitHub releases, or Homebrew and check generated code into normal Go projects.

Timeline

  • 2013: Repository history begins with the initial commit.
  • 2015: v0.1.0 tag appears in the repository history.
  • 2018: v0.3.0 includes README updates and Homebrew installation instructions in its release notes.
  • 2021: v0.5.0 tag appears in the repository history.

Related projects

  • SOAP 1.1, WSDL 1.1, XML Schema 1.0, and WS-I Document/Literal wrapped service conventions are the standards surface that gowsdl targets.
  • The Go toolchain provides the build and install path used by the project.

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 13 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

CommandKindExposureNote
gowsdlcliglobal 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 version0.5.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/hooklift/gowsdl

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/hooklift/gowsdlnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gowsdl
Version0.5.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gowsdl
Homepagehttps://github.com/hooklift/gowsdl
Repositoryhttps://github.com/hooklift/gowsdl
Upstream docshttps://github.com/hooklift/gowsdl#readme
LicenseMPL-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/hooklift/gowsdl.git
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegowsdl
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

package graph

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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.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment