--- title: "What is a standard Go project layout anyway?" publication: "Go Weekly" issue: 360 published_at: "2021-04-30" canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/360" --- Plus Go in the enterprise, and a Go powered universal CLI for databases. | #​360 — April 30, 2021 [Unsubscribe](https://golangweekly.com/leave/*|UID|*)|[Read on the Web](https://golangweekly.com/issues/360) Go Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/estmcndrdh1ecyoi9wmg.jpg)](https://github.com/golang-standards/project-layout/issues/117) ['This is not a standard Go project layout'](https://github.com/golang-standards/project-layout/issues/117) — The [‘Standard Go Project Layout’](https://github.com/golang-standards/project-layout) is a repo presenting itself as a basic layout for a Go project, but Russ Cox thinks it’s not very representative of the reality. 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