Goober

A badass file watcher for Go projects that automatically rebuilds and restarts your application. It comes with a slick terminal UI to show logs and build status.

Install Goober globally:

go install github.com/jerkeyray/goober@latest

Make sure your Go bin directory (usually $HOME/go/bin) is in your PATH. If not:

export PATH="$HOME/go/bin:$PATH"

Add that to your .zshrc, .bashrc, or whatever shell config you use.

Navigate to your Go project and just run:

goober

It will:

• Watch for file changes
• Rebuild the project
• Restart your app
• Show logs in a terminal UI

# Watch current directory and use default build/run
goober

# Watch a specific directory
goober --dir ./myapp

# Use custom build and run commands
goober --build "go build -o myapp" --run "./myapp"

# Set a custom debounce time (e.g., 1 second)
goober --debounce 1s

# Disable the TUI, use plain logs
goober --no-tui

• --dir <path> — Directory to watch (default: .)
• --build <command> — Build command (default: go build -o app)
• --run <command> — Run command (default: ./app)
• --debounce <duration> — Delay after file changes before restarting (default: 750ms)
• --no-tui — Disable the terminal UI and use plain output

When using the terminal UI:

• q / Ctrl+C — Quit
• r — Force manual restart
• c — Clear logs
• ↑/↓ or j/k — Scroll logs
• PgUp / PgDown — Scroll a page up/down