GoTailwinds

A modern Go web app starter using Templ, Tailwind CSS, and Air for live reloading.

📦 Prerequisites

• Go

• Node.js + npm

• Air: Live-reload for Go apps
  Install via:

  go install github.com/cosmtrek/air@latest

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🚀 Quick Start

1. Clone and Install Dependencies

git clone https://github.com/radiaku/gotailwinds.git
cd gotailwinds
make install

This will:

• Install templ (Go HTML templating tool)
• Install TailwindCSS
• Initialize npm
• Create bin/ directory

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2. Configure .env

Create a .env file in the root with:

APP_PORT=8080
TEMPL_PROXY_PORT=8787

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3. Initialize Tailwind

make init

This will:

• Create tailwind.config.js
• Setup static/css/tailwind.css
• Run Tailwind in dev mode

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4. Run the App

make run

This will:

• Start templ in watch mode
• Start the Go server with air for live reload

5. Run and watch tailwinds changes

make tailwind

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🔨 Other Make Targets

Command	Description
make build	Build production binary in bin/
make build-local	Build binary to bin/main
make templ	Run templ generate with live proxy (watch mode)
make tailwind	Watch the tailwinds
make notify	Notify proxy-only templ generate mode

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📁 Project Structure

gotailwinds/
├── cmd/
│   └── main/           # Main entry point
├── static/             # Static files (CSS, JS, images)
├── view/               # Templ view components
│   ├── layout/
│   └── partial/
├── bin/                # Build output
├── .env
├── makefile
└── README.md

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★ Demo

https://github.com/radiaku/gotailwindsdemo

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📄 License

MIT