boyvinall/rice-example — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-07-18 · repo last pushed 2016-09-04
Package a Go web dashboard's HTML/CSS/JS into one shippable binary.
Build a small API server that serves a static frontend without a separate assets folder.
Distribute a binary first, then let users append their own HTML/CSS files later.
Extract embedded web files back out of a binary using standard unzip tools.
| boyvinall/rice-example | 42wim/fabio | 42wim/go-xmpp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Go | Go | Go |
| Last pushed | 2016-09-04 | 2018-02-04 | 2020-01-24 |
| Maintenance | Dormant | Dormant | Dormant |
| Setup difficulty | easy | moderate | moderate |
| Complexity | 2/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Audience | developer | ops devops | developer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Requires installing the go.rice tool and running its build step before compiling.
This is a working example that shows how to bundle web files (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) directly into a Go program so you can distribute everything as a single executable file instead of juggling separate folders. Normally when you build a web application, you end up with a binary file and then a separate folder of assets, your CSS stylesheets, JavaScript files, images, and HTML templates. This example demonstrates a tool called go.rice that solves this problem. It lets you embed those web files into the binary itself, so a user only needs to download and run one file. The files get compressed automatically, so the binary doesn't balloon in size. What makes this approach clever is its flexibility. The tool can scan your binary and only include the directories you actually reference in your code, keeping things lean. There's also an "append" workflow where you distribute the binary first, and then users can add their own HTML and CSS files later, the tool appends them to the existing binary without rebuilding from scratch. Plus, if you ever need to extract the files out of a binary later, you can use standard unzip utilities to get them back. The example is minimal by design, it's meant to show developers how to wire this up in their own Go projects. If you're building a small web tool, API server with a web dashboard, or any Go application that needs to serve static files, this pattern eliminates the operational headache of managing assets separately. You'd follow the setup steps in the README (install dependencies, run the build), and then you'd have a self-contained executable ready to ship.
A demo of go.rice, a tool that bundles web files (HTML, CSS, JS) directly into a Go binary so you can ship one self-contained executable.
Mainly Go. The stack also includes Go, go.rice.
Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2016-09-04).
No license information is mentioned in the explanation.
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.
Mainly developer.
This repo across BitVibe Labs
double-check against the repo, no cap.