GooseForum

🚀 Modern Go + Vue 3 + TailwindCSS Forum System

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GooseForum is a modern technical community platform built with Go + Vue 3 + TailwindCSS technology stack. It provides simple deployment and rich community features, designed as a lightweight forum system specifically for technical developers.

🌐 Live Demo: GooseForum

• User Registration/Login - Email activation support
• Permission Management - Role-based access control system
• User Center - Profile management, avatar upload
• Points System - Check-in, posting, reply point rewards
• Admin Panel - Complete backend management functionality

• Article Publishing - Markdown editor support
• Comment System - Multi-level comment replies
• Article Categories - Flexible category management
• Tag System - Article tagging management
• Content Moderation - Admin content review functionality

• Single File Deployment - Single executable file after compilation
• SQLite Support - Default SQLite, MySQL support
• Auto Backup - Scheduled database backup
• Responsive Design - Perfect mobile support
• Theme Switching - Light/dark theme support
• SEO Friendly - Complete SEO optimization

1. Download the pre-compiled version for your system from GitHub Releases
2. Extract and start:

# Extract the downloaded file tar -zxvf GooseForum_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz # Grant execute permission chmod +x ./GooseForum # Start service ./GooseForum serve

# Install GoReleaser go install github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser@latest # Build for all platforms goreleaser build --snapshot --clean # Build for current platform goreleaser build --snapshot --clean --single-target

3. Visit http://localhost:5234 to start using

💡 Tip: After first startup, the first registered account will automatically become an administrator

• Go 1.23+
• Node.js 18+
• npm or yarn

# Clone project git clone https://github.com/leancodebox/GooseForum.git cd GooseForum # Build frontend resources cd resource npm install npm run build cd .. # Build backend go mod tidy go build -ldflags="-w -s" . # Start service ./GooseForum serve

GooseForum will automatically create a config.toml configuration file on startup. Main configuration items:

[server] port = 5234 # Service port url = "http://localhost" # Site URL [db.default] connection = "sqlite" # Database type (sqlite/mysql) path = "./storage/database/sqlite.db" # SQLite database path

📖 Detailed Configuration: Configuration Documentation

• Go 1.23+ - Main development language
• Gin - Web framework
• GORM - ORM framework
• SQLite/MySQL - Database support
• JWT - Authentication
• Viper - Configuration management
• Cobra - Command line tool

• Vue 3 - Frontend framework (Composition API)
• Vite - Build tool
• TailwindCSS 4 - CSS framework
• DaisyUI - UI component library
• TypeScript - Type support
• Pinia - State management
• Vue Router - Route management

• Air - Hot reload development
• GoReleaser - Automated build and release
• Vitest - Frontend testing

GooseForum/ ├── app/ # Backend application code │ ├── bundles/ # Utility packages │ ├── console/ # Command line tools │ ├── http/ # HTTP controllers and routes │ ├── models/ # Data models │ └── service/ # Business services ├── resource/ # Frontend resources │ ├── src/ # Vue source code │ ├── static/ # Static assets │ └── templates/ # Go templates ├── docs/ # Project documentation ├── main.go # Program entry point └── config.toml # Configuration file 

# Reset admin password ./GooseForum user:manage # Set user email ./GooseForum user:set-email

• Automatic scheduled SQLite database backup
• Configurable backup frequency and retention count
• Backup files stored in ./storage/databasebackup/ directory

# Install Air hot reload tool go install github.com/cosmtrek/air@latest # Start development mode air # Frontend development mode cd resource npm run dev

1. Use reverse proxy (Nginx/Apache)
2. Configure HTTPS certificates
3. Set up scheduled backups
4. Monitor log files

# Dockerfile example FROM alpine:latest RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates WORKDIR /root/ COPY GooseForum . CMD ["./GooseForum", "serve"]

1. Fork this project
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Create a Pull Request

This project is open source under the MIT License.

• Configuration Documentation - Detailed configuration options

Thanks to all developers who have contributed to the GooseForum project!