gotests ☆

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Description:
Automatically generate Go test boilerplate from your source code

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.9.0@0 | Tracked Since: Oct 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: golang testing tdd cli developer-tools

Install: brew install gotests

About:
Gotests is a command-line tool that analyzes your Go source code to automatically generate comprehensive unit tests. It creates test functions with structured table-driven test cases, including edge cases and error handling scenarios. This significantly reduces the boilerplate work involved in writing tests, allowing developers to focus on implementing the actual test logic.

Key Features:

Generates table-driven tests from source code
Creates test cases for exported functions and methods
Supports generating tests for existing code (import mode)
Produces idiomatic Go test code
CLI tool for easy integration into development workflows

Use Cases:

Scaffolding unit tests for new Go packages
Adding test coverage to existing Go projects
Ensuring consistent test structure across a team

Alternatives:

mockery – Generates mock interfaces instead of unit test boilerplate
go test -cover – Measures coverage but doesn't generate new tests

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 28, 2025 5:07pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	5e3bd9be
Sep 12, 2025 1:00pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	4c644ab9