yihuang/gomod2nix

Convert applications using Go modules to Nix expressions

Gomod2nix

Convert applications using Go modules -> Nix

Usage

From the Go project directory execute:

$ gomod2nix

This will create gomod2nix.toml that's used like so

let
  pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {
    overlays = [
      (self: super: {
        buildGoApplication = super.callPackage ./builder { };
      })
    ];
  };
in pkgs.buildGoApplication {
  pname = "gomod2nix-example";
  version = "0.1";
  src = ./.;
  modules = ./gomod2nix.toml;
}

For more in-depth usage check the Getting Started and the Nix API reference docs.

Motivation

The announcement blog post contains comparisons with other Go build systems for Nix and additional notes on the design choices made.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

About the project

The developmentent of Trustix (which Gomod2nix is a part of) has been sponsored by Tweag I/O and funded by the NLNet foundation and the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet programme through the NGI Zero PET (privacy and trust enhancing technologies) fund.