--- title: gopherjs/gopherjs: A compiler from Go to JavaScript for... description: GopherJS is a Go to JavaScript compiler that allows writing front-end code in Go to run in all browsers. It has support for various Go versions and provides... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gopherjs-gopherjs-a-compiler-from-go-to-javascript-for-running-go-code-in-a-browser-epv4w7er8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: gopherjs/gopherjs: A compiler from Go to JavaScript for running Go code in a browser | daily.dev og:description: GopherJS is a Go to JavaScript compiler that allows writing front-end code in Go to run in all browsers. 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GopherJS can be installed using 'go install' command. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@kpratik2015** · 3 upvotes > People will do anything to avoid writing JS **@angelvdev** · 1 upvotes > Classic "_Compiler from %not_js% to JS_". Love it! **@leonardomussato** · 1 upvotes > Yeah, cool project but I don't see the point on doing something like this. Javascript is way easier to write and interact with the DOM so why this? For something similar I would go 100% with RUST that can compile in WASM and has already frameworks like TAURI to better manage the code... Please let me know if you know what is the potential of this :) Anyway, nice project **@gfregalado** · 1 upvotes > Why? **@alexravenna** · 0 upvotes > "Running Go code in a browser" when it's actually transpiled into a different language and then run...right. --- Tags: [#compiler](https://daily.dev/tags/compiler), [#frontend](https://daily.dev/tags/frontend), [#golang](https://daily.dev/tags/golang), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/gopherjs-gopherjs-a-compiler-from-go-to-javascript-for-running-go-code-in-a-browser-epv4w7er8) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"gopherjs/gopherjs: A compiler from Go to JavaScript for running Go code in a browser","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gopherjs-gopherjs-a-compiler-from-go-to-javascript-for-running-go-code-in-a-browser-epv4w7er8","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/gopherjs-gopherjs-a-compiler-from-go-to-javascript-for-running-go-code-in-a-browser-epv4w7er8"},"datePublished":"2024-05-06T04:43:40.914Z","dateModified":"2025-12-08T02:17:14.415Z","description":"GopherJS is a Go to JavaScript compiler that allows writing front-end code in Go to run in all browsers. 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