forge

Forge is a CLI tool that scaffolds new Go projects with a clean, standard layout:

<app>/
├── cmd/
│   └── <app>/main.go
├── internal/
├── pkg/
├── go.mod
├── README.md
└── .gitignore

Install

go install github.com/mcchukwu/forge@main

Usage

forge new <app-name> [flags]

Example

forge new my-app

Commands

Command	Description
new <name>	Create a new Go project
help	Show usage
version	Show the forge version

Flags

Flag	Description
-m, --module <name>	Go module name (defaults to the project name)
-n, --name <name>	Override the project name
-M, --make	Also generate a Makefile
-f, --force	Allow using a non-empty directory
-h, --help	Show usage
--version	Show the forge version

Example with options

forge new my-app -M -m github.com/you/my-app

The generated project is a ready-to-run Go module, optionally initialized with git and a Makefile providing run, build, clean, and test targets.