Goofer ORM Docs
Type-safe database ORM for Go
Welcome to the Goofer ORM documentation!
Goofer is a powerful, type-safe ORM for Go that gives your structs a life of their own with relationships, migrations, and zero drama. You’ll find everything you need here to get started and make the most of Goofer ORM’s features.
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Goofer ORM is designed to provide a seamless developer experience with type safety, relationship modeling, and minimal boilerplate. Stop hand-writing SQL like it’s 1999 and let your structs take center stage!
Features
- Type-safe: Fully leverages Go’s type system with generics
- Zero drama: Simple, intuitive API with minimal boilerplate
- Relationships: Support for one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many relationships
- Migrations: Easy schema migrations to evolve your database over time
- Multiple dialects: Support for SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL
- Validation: Built-in validation using struct tags
- Transactions: First-class support for database transactions
- Hooks: Lifecycle hooks for entities (BeforeSave, AfterCreate, etc.)
- Query Builder: Fluent API for building complex queries
- Custom Queries: Support for raw SQL when needed
- No Code Generation: Uses reflection and generics instead of code generation
Getting started
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Help & Support
Goofer ORM supports multiple database dialects (SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL) and provides various features like migrations, relationships, transactions, and more. Take your Go database access to the next level!