# dominikh/go-tools

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6,818 stars · 409 forks · Go · MIT

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/dominikh/go-tools
- Homepage: https://staticcheck.dev
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/dominikh-go-tools.md

## Description

go-tools is a collection of utilities for Go static analysis and memory layout optimization. It provides a toolset designed to analyze source code to detect bugs and dead code, alongside specialized tools for optimizing how structs are arranged in memory.

The project includes a memory alignment visualizer to display physical memory layouts and padding, as well as a struct layout optimizer that reorders fields to minimize memory padding. Additionally, it provides a boilerplate generator to automate the creation of registration and test files required for developing custom Go analyzers.

The toolset covers broader capabilities in source code analysis, struct layout inspection, and the generation of repetitive analyzer infrastructure.

## Tags

### Programming Languages & Runtimes

- [Static Analysis Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/language-ecosystems-tooling/programming-environments-tooling/go-environments/static-analysis-tools.md) — Provides a suite of static analysis tools for identifying bugs and dead code in Go projects.
- [Go Performance Optimization](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/go-performance-optimization.md) — Reduces the memory footprint of Go programs by optimizing struct field order to eliminate padding.
- [Struct Layout Optimizers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/go-performance-optimization/struct-layout-optimizers.md) — Calculates field offsets and reorders struct members to minimize memory padding in Go.
- [Linter Development Toolkits](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/linter-development-toolkits.md) — Provides the necessary boilerplate and registration generation for building custom Go analyzers.
- [Memory Layout Inspectors](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/reflection-based-state-inspection/memory-layout-inspectors.md) — Uses Go reflection to calculate field offsets and padding sizes for memory alignment analysis.
- [Linter Boilerplate Generators](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/go-code-generators/linter-boilerplate-generators.md) — Creates the repetitive registration and test source code required for developing Go analyzers.

### Data & Databases

- [Layout Optimizers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/data-mapping/struct-hydrators/layout-optimizers.md) — Reorders fields within a struct to minimize padding and reduce the overall memory footprint. ([source](https://github.com/dominikh/go-tools#readme))
- [Memory Layouts](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/memory-layouts.md) — Provides a utility for inspecting memory alignment, field sizes, and padding of Go structs. ([source](https://github.com/dominikh/go-tools#readme))

### Operating Systems & Systems Programming

- [Memory Layout Visualizers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/operating-systems-systems-programming/memory-layout-visualizers.md) — Generates human-readable graphics to represent how a Go struct is laid out in memory. ([source](https://github.com/dominikh/go-tools/blob/master/README.md))
- [Memory Padding Optimizers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/operating-systems-systems-programming/memory-padding-optimizers.md) — Provides a greedy field reordering mechanism to minimize memory padding in Go structs.
- [Struct Layout Visualizers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/operating-systems-systems-programming/struct-layout-visualizers.md) — Analyzes and visualizes how Go structs are arranged in memory to identify alignment issues.

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [Memory Alignment Utilities](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/memory-alignment-utilities.md) — Displays the physical memory layout and padding of Go structs for performance tuning.

### Testing & Quality Assurance

- [Static Code Analysis](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/static-code-analysis.md) — Implements automated scanning of Go source code to detect bugs and dead code without execution.
- [Formatting and Linting Pipelines](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/code-quality-review/code-quality-tools/formatting-and-linting-pipelines.md) — Ships a multi-pass pipeline that runs independent analyzers over source code to ensure quality and style.

### Development Tools & Productivity

- [Boilerplate Generators](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/code-generators/boilerplate-generators.md) — Generates repetitive source code for analyzer registration and test files based on check definitions. ([source](https://github.com/dominikh/go-tools/blob/master/generate.go))
- [Template-Based Code Generators](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/template-based-code-generators.md) — Automates the creation of registration and test files using predefined templates and directory structures.

### Part of an Awesome List

- [Static Analysis Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/devtools/static-analysis-tools.md) — Provides a suite of tools and libraries for Go code analysis.