# Install goclone with Homebrew Website Cloner. Version 1.2.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:goclone ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install goclone ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:goclone - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.2.2 - **Source summary:** Website Cloner - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-29T16:05:04+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - goclone (cli) - goclone (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 1.2.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-29 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/goclone-dev/goclone - Upstream latest detected: v1.2.2 (current) ## Project history and usage goclone is a Go command-line website mirroring tool. It packages the old wget-style idea of copying a site locally into a small Go CLI with concurrent crawling, local link rewriting, and optional serving or opening of the generated copy. ### Project history The public goclone repository was created in March 2020 and published a v1.0.0 GitHub release the same day. The README describes the project as a utility for downloading HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, and related files from a website into a local directory while preserving relative link structure. The project was organized under the goclone-dev GitHub organization and paired with an official goclone.dev site. Its installation story started with an upstream Homebrew tap and later fit the standard Go CLI pattern of `go install github.com/goclone-dev/goclone/cmd/goclone@...` plus Homebrew packaging. ### Adoption history GitHub repository metadata showed more than two thousand stars and several hundred forks by June 2026, which is notable for a single-purpose website cloner. Homebrew packages it as formula `goclone`, giving macOS and Linux users a package-manager path in addition to upstream Go builds. The adoption footprint is centered on developer and archiving workflows: people who want a fast terminal tool to copy a public site for inspection, offline browsing, demos, or migration experiments. ### How it is used Typical usage is `goclone `. The README documents flags for preset cookies, a custom user agent, proxy settings, automatically opening the result, and serving the generated files locally. Because it rewrites links and pulls static assets into a local directory, goclone is useful for quick site snapshots. It is not a browser automation tool or a full crawler for dynamic application state. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care about goclone because it is a compact example of the Go CLI distribution loop: a GitHub-hosted binary tool, a project-specific Homebrew tap, `go install` support, and later a normal Homebrew formula. It also sits in the long lineage of website mirroring tools while using Go's goroutine-friendly concurrency model. ### Timeline - 2020-03: GitHub repository created and v1.0.0 released. - 2021-11: v1.2.0 released. - 2023-06: v1.2.1 released. - 2025-08: v1.2.2 released. ### Related projects - wget and HTTrack are older website mirroring tools in the same general space. - Colly is the Go scraping framework referenced by goclone's proxy flag documentation. - The goclone-dev/homebrew-goclone repository was the upstream tap used before broader Homebrew formula packaging. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** goclone - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [go](https://pkg.so/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [biome](https://pkg.so/brew/biome/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, web. - [bower](https://pkg.so/brew/bower/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, web. - [eleventy](https://pkg.so/brew/eleventy/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, web. - [muffet](https://pkg.so/brew/muffet/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, web. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/goclone.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/goclone.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph