Node.js → gox Cheat Sheet

Quick lookup: npm module → gox import path.

Language & utilities

npm / Node.js	gox import	Key API
a ? b : c	gox/cond	cond.If(cond, a, b)
a ?? b	gox/cond	cond.Coalesce(a, b)
lodash	gox/slice, gox/maputil, gox/str	slice.Map, maputil.Pick
Promise.all	gox/async	async.All(ctx, fns...)
setTimeout	gox/async	async.After(ctx, d, fn)
events	gox/event	em.On, em.Emit
Buffer	gox/buffer	buffer.From, buffer.Concat

File system & OS

npm / Node.js	gox import	Key API
fs.promises	gox/fs	fs.ReadFile(ctx, path)
path	gox/path	path.Join, path.Resolve
dotenv	gox/env	env.Load(), env.Get("KEY", def)
child_process	gox/exec	exec.Command(ctx, "ls")
os	gox/osutil	osutil.Hostname(), osutil.Homedir()
archiver	gox/archive	archive.ZipCreate, ZipExtract
zlib	gox/compress	compress.Gzip, Gunzip
stream	gox/stream	stream.Pipe, Transform

Web

npm / Node.js	gox import	Key API
express	gox/http	http.New(), app.Get, app.Use
cors, helmet, morgan	gox/http	http.CORS, Security, Logger
multer	gox/http	http.ParseMultipart
express-session	gox/http	http.SessionMiddleware
express-rate-limit	gox/http	http.RateLimit
axios, fetch	gox/client	client.Get, client.Post
ws	gox/ws	ws.HandleWS, ws.Dial
http-errors	gox/err	err.NotFound, err.BadRequest
url, querystring	gox/url	url.Parse, url.ParseQuery

Data

npm / Node.js	gox import	Key API
zod, joi	gox/validate	validate.Validate(&v)
JSON.parse	gox/json	json.Parse, json.Stringify
knex, pg	gox/db	db.From("t").Where(...).First
mongoose	gox/mongo	coll.FindOne, mongo.Eq
ioredis	gox/redis	rdb.Get, rdb.Set
papaparse	gox/csv	csv.Read, csv.Write

Security

npm / Node.js	gox import	Key API
bcrypt, crypto	gox/crypto	crypto.HashPassword, SHA256
jsonwebtoken	gox/jwt	jwt.Sign, jwt.Verify
uuid, nanoid	gox/id	id.NewUUID, id.NewNanoID
passport	gox/auth	auth.Bearer, auth.APIKey

Infrastructure

npm / Node.js	gox import	Key API
winston, pino	gox/log	log.Info, log.With
node-cache	gox/cache	cache.Set, cache.Get
node-cron	gox/cron	cron.Schedule, cron.Every
bull, bullmq	gox/queue	queue.Enqueue, Worker
nodemailer	gox/mail	mail.Send
moment, dayjs, ms	gox/time	timex.Format, timex.ParseDuration
semver	gox/semver	semver.Parse, semver.Satisfies

Ecosystem guides (no gox package)

npm / Node.js	Go approach	Guide
apollo-server, graphql	gqlgen	graphql.md
@grpc/grpc-js	google.golang.org/grpc	grpc.md
kafkajs	segmentio/kafka-go	kafka.md
@opentelemetry/*	go.opentelemetry.io/otel	opentelemetry.md
jest, vitest	testing, httptest	testing.md
socket.io	gox/ws + patterns	ws.md

Install

go get github.com/sahilkhaire/gox

Import only what you need — each package is independent:

import (
    "github.com/sahilkhaire/gox/http"
    "github.com/sahilkhaire/gox/db"
)