Quickly run and test your Linux-specific Go code from your Mac, using Apple Containers.

Note: You will need to install the Apple Container CLI if you haven't already.

go install github.com/banksean/goac/cmd/...

gorunac works like go run [...], but instead of building and executing a binary on your macOS host, it cross-compiles a Linux binary and then executes the binary in an Apple Container.

gotestac works like go test [...], but instead of building and executing tests on your macOS host, it cross-compiles Linux test binaries and then executes the compiled tests in an Apple Container.

The example directory contains some go code that conditionally compiles for Linux or macOS using //go:build tags.

> go run ./example # run it on macOS
Operating System: darwin
Running on macOS

> gorunac ./example # run it on Linux
Operating System: linux
Running on Linux

> go test ./example/... # test it on macOS
ok      github.com/banksean/goac/example        0.320s

> gotestac ./example/... # test it on Linux
PASS