wtf is gokrazy?

Gokrazy lets you turn a Raspberry Pi 3 into a dedicated appliance running only Go applications. Instead of installing a full operating system with countless background processes and configuration files, you pack your Go programs directly onto an SD card, pop it into the Pi, and boot up. Within about ten seconds, your device is running and accessible through a web interface. It's designed for people who want a minimal, maintenance-free appliance rather than a general-purpose computer. The way it works is straightforward. You run a packing tool on your computer that bundles the Raspberry Pi firmware, a Linux kernel, and your Go applications into an SD card image. When the Pi boots, a small built-in program starts up and supervises all your applications, restarting them automatically if they crash. The system keeps two copies of itself on separate partitions, so when you push an update, it writes to the inactive copy and switches over on the next reboot. This reduces the risk of breaking your device during an update. A fourth partition holds permanent data that survives updates. This project is aimed at developers building standalone devices like home media servers, network-attached storage, IoT sensors, or any project where a Raspberry Pi needs to run a specific set of programs reliably. If you've built a Go application and want it running on dedicated hardware without the overhead and security concerns of a traditional Linux distribution, this approach strips everything down to the essentials. The notable tradeoff is the strict Go-only philosophy. The creator built this because maintaining C software and its dependencies became too time-consuming. By going Go-only, you avoid entire categories of system administration headaches, but you're limited to what can be written or compiled in Go. The README also points out that customization options exist for changing how programs behave on the device and even swapping out the init program, though these require some familiarity with Go's build system.