# Building GoReleaser: from shell script to paid product

DevFeed: [Building GoReleaser: from shell script to paid product](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-goreleaser-from-shell-script-to-paid-product-37684.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://carlosbecker.com/posts/building-goreleaser/>)

Author: Carlos Alexandro Becker

Published: 2025-07-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Carlos Becker](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/carlos-becker.md>)

Topics: [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [Go Language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go-language.md>), [YAML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/yaml.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Homebrew](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/homebrew.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [binaries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/binaries.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [homebrew](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homebrew.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [shell-script](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shell-script.md>)

## AI overview

The article recounts the history of GoReleaser, a YAML-configured release automation tool that builds binaries, creates archives and packages, publishes releases, pushes installers, and signs artifacts. It describes the tool's evolution from a shell script into a Go project and its early adoption by open-source developers.

## Source excerpt

In this post, I want to share the history behind GoReleaser, how we got here, lessons I've learned along the way, and what's ahead.