Installation

The Gofasta CLI is a standalone Go binary. You need Go 1.24 or later installed on your machine.

Option A: Go Install (recommended)


go install github.com/gofastadev/cli/cmd/gofasta@latest

This downloads, compiles, and places the gofasta binary in your $GOPATH/bin directory. Make sure $GOPATH/bin is in your PATH.

Option B: Shell Script


curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gofastadev/cli/main/dist/install.sh | sh

This downloads a pre-built binary for your platform (Linux or macOS, amd64 or arm64) and places it in /usr/local/bin.

Option C: Homebrew (macOS / Linux)


brew install gofastadev/tap/gofasta

Verify Installation


gofasta --help

You should see a list of available commands:


The Gofasta CLI creates new projects, generates code,
and runs common development tasks.

Usage:
  gofasta [command]

Available Commands:
  new         Create a new Gofasta project
  dev         Run the development server with hot reload
  generate    Generate code (model, service, controller, etc.)
  migrate     Run database migrations
  seed        Run database seeders
  init        Initialize a cloned project
  serve       Start the HTTP server
  wire        Regenerate Wire dependency injection
  swagger     Generate Swagger/OpenAPI docs
  help        Help about any command

Prerequisites for Generated Projects

The CLI itself only needs Go. But the projects it generates use these tools (installed automatically during gofasta new):

Tool	Purpose	Installed via
Wire	Compile-time dependency injection	`go install` (as a Go tool)
gqlgen	GraphQL code generation	`go install` (as a Go tool)
Air	Hot reload during development	`go install` (as a Go tool)
Docker	Run the app + PostgreSQL locally	Manual install

Docker is optional — you can run the app directly on your machine if you have a local PostgreSQL instance.

Next Steps

Create your first project