goservegen - Go Backend Architecture Generator using goserve framework

Project generator for go backend architecture using goserve framework

See more on goserve framework

github.com/afteracademy/goserve

Check the example project built using goservegen

1. goserve-example-api-server-mongo

2. goserve-example-api-server-postgres

How To Use goservegen

A. Either You can download the starter projects here

1. Starter Project Mongo Zip
2. Starter Project Postgres Zip

B. Or You can use goservegen directly to generate the project

Install go language in your system if not already installed. Download Go

goservegen [project directory path] [project module] [Database Type - mongo/postgres]

Postgres Project

go run github.com/afteracademy/goservegen/v2@latest ~/Downloads/my_project github.com/yourusername/example postgres

Mongo Project

go run github.com/afteracademy/goservegen/v2@latest ~/Downloads/my_project github.com/yourusername/example mongo

Note: It will generate project named my_project located at ~/Downloads and module github.com/yourusername/example

Run the project using Docker

# Go to the project directory
cd ~/Downloads/my_project	

docker compose up --build

Healthy Check

# Run on terminal
curl http://localhost:8080/health

Response

{
  "code": "10000",
  "status": 200,
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "timestamp": "2026-01-25T06:45:17.228713387Z",
    "status": "OK"
  }
}

Now Open the generated project in your IDE/editor of choice

Have fun developing your REST API server!

Generated Project Structure

.
├── Dockerfile
├── api
│   ├── health
│   │   ├── controller.go
│   │   ├── dto
│   │   │   └── health_check.go
│   │   └── service.go
│   └── message
│       ├── controller.go
│       ├── dto
│       │   └── create_message.go
│       ├── model
│       │   └── message.go
│       └── service.go
├── cmd
│   └── main.go
├── config
│   └── env.go
├── docker-compose.yml
├── go.mod
├── go.sum
├── keys
│   ├── private.pem
│   └── public.pem
├── migrations
├── startup
│   ├── module.go
│   ├── server.go
│   └── testserver.go
└── utils
    ├── convertor.go
    └── file.go

Working on the project

You can read about using this framework here github.com/afteracademy/goserve

Read the Article to understand this project

How to Architect Good Go Backend REST API Services