GooseForum

🚀 Modern Go + Alpine.js Forum System

🌐 Language / 语言

🇨🇳 中文 | 🇺🇸 English

📖 Project Overview

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

🌐 Live Demo: GooseForum

✨ Core Features

🎯 User System

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

📝 Content Management

• Article Publishing - Markdown editor with preview
• Comment System - Multi-level replies
• Article Categories - Flexible category management
• Real-time Notifications - WebSocket-powered notifications
• Chat System - Real-time messaging

🛠 Technical Features

• Single File Deployment - Single executable after compilation
• SQLite/MySQL Support - Default SQLite, MySQL optional
• Auto Backup - Scheduled database backup
• Responsive Design - Perfect mobile support
• Brand Customization - Custom logo/text/image support
• SEO Friendly - Complete SEO optimization

🚀 Quick Start

Method 1: Download Pre-compiled Version (Recommended)

1. Download pre-compiled version from GitHub Releases
2. Extract and start:

# Extract
tar -zxvf GooseForum_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz

# Grant permission
chmod +x ./GooseForum

# Start service
./GooseForum serve

Build with GoReleaser

# Install GoReleaser
go install github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser@latest

# Build all platforms
goreleaser build --snapshot --clean

# Build current platform
goreleaser build --snapshot --clean --single-target

1. Visit http://localhost:5234

💡 Tip: First registered account becomes administrator

Method 2: Build from Source

Requirements

• Go 1.24+
• Node.js 18+
• npm or pnpm

Build Steps

# Clone project
git clone https://github.com/leancodebox/GooseForum.git
cd GooseForum

# Build frontend
cd resource && pnpm install && pnpm build && cd ..

# Build backend
go mod tidy
go build -ldflags="-w -s" .

# Start service
./GooseForum serve

Development Mode

# Start all services (backend + frontend + admin)
./dev.sh

# Or run individually:
air                    # Backend with hot reload
cd resource && pnpm dev    # Vue frontend
cd admin && pnpm dev      # React admin panel

🔧 Configuration

GooseForum auto-creates config.toml on first startup:

[server]
port = 5234                    # Service port
url = "http://localhost"       # Site URL

[db.default]
connection = "sqlite"          # Database type (sqlite/mysql)
path = "./storage/database/sqlite.db"

📖 Detailed Configuration: Configuration Documentation

🏗 Technical Architecture

Backend Tech Stack

• Go 1.24+ - Main language
• Gin - Web framework
• GORM - ORM
• SQLite/MySQL - Database
• JWT - Authentication
• Cobra - CLI

Frontend Tech Stack

• Alpine.js - Lightweight JS framework
• TailwindCSS 4 - CSS framework
• GoHTML - Server-side templates
• Vite - Build tool

Admin Panel Tech Stack

• React 19 - UI framework
• TypeScript - Type safety
• shadcn-admin - Admin template
• TanStack Query/Router - Data fetching & routing
• Radix UI - Component library

📁 Project Structure

GooseForum/
├── app/                    # Backend code
│   ├── bundles/           # Utilities (JWT, cache, events)
│   ├── console/           # CLI commands
│   ├── http/              # Controllers, middleware, routes
│   ├── models/            # GORM models
│   └── service/           # Business services
├── resource/              # Frontend resources
│   ├── src/               # Alpine.js source
│   ├── static/            # Static assets
│   └── templates/         # GoHTML templates
├── admin/                 # React admin panel
├── docs/                  # Documentation
├── main.go               # Entry point
└── config.toml           # Configuration

🛡 Admin Features

# Reset admin password
./GooseForum user:manage

# Set user email
./GooseForum user:set-email <email>

Admin Panel Features

• User Management - Search, filter, ban, delete users
• Site Settings - General, brand, footer, mail, security, posting
• Category Management - Create, edit, delete categories
• Sponsorship Management - Sponsor tiers and user sponsors
• Dashboard - Traffic stats, daily analytics

Data Backup

• Automatic scheduled SQLite backup
• Configurable frequency and retention
• Backup in ./storage/databasebackup/

📦 Deployment

Production

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

Docker

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

🤝 Contributing

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

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE

📚 Related Documentation

• Configuration Documentation
• Chinese README

🙏 Acknowledgments

Thanks to all contributors!