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Go Formatter

Apply basic bracket-based indentation to Go code — not a real parser, unlike gofmt, so complex code may not indent perfectly.

How to Use Go Formatter
  1. 1Paste your Go code
  2. 2Click Convert
  3. 3Copy the re-indented output — but use `gofmt` for real Go code, which has one canonical formatting standard
Frequently Asked Questions

It counts opening ({, [, () and closing (}, ], )) brackets per line and adjusts indentation depth accordingly — a simple heuristic, not Go's real parser.

Yes — Go famously has one canonical formatting tool, gofmt, built into the Go toolchain, which every Go project should actually use. This tool is a lightweight approximation only, not a substitute.

`gofmt` (or `go fmt`) — it's bundled with every Go installation and is the definitive, only-correct way to format Go code.

No — the indentation pass runs entirely in your browser.

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