Go ToolBox

Docker image with everything you might need for developing apps in Go.

Note that for newer mac hardware you have to use Docker Desktop or amd64 virtual machine in lima/other tools!

What's inside

Debian 12 (slim) is used as base image.

Binary	Version	Project	Repo
go	1.22.5	Go
golangci-lint	1.59.1	golangci-lint	External link
gofumpt	0.6.0	gofumpt	External link
mockery_v2	2.43.2	mockery	External link
task	3.38.0	taskfile	External link
go-junit-report	2.1.0	go-junit-report	External link
delve	1.22.1	delve	External link

HOME

Home directory is /home/container.

Caching

Go's build cache resides in /home/container/.cache, GOCACHE environment variable is defined. You can mount it when needed in Dockerfile as:

RUN --mount=type=cache,target="$GOCACHE" go build

Utilities examples

JUnit report generation (for Gitlab)

go test -v 2>&1 ./... | go-junit-report -set-exit-code > unit-report.xml