Execute high-performance Go tasks from Laravel as if they were native jobs.
No extensions. No embedding. Just blazing-fast Go binaries behind a clean Laravel API.

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Why Govel?

Some workloads — image processing, data crunching, cryptography, file parsing — are simply faster in Go. Govel lets you offload these to compiled Go binaries while keeping your application logic in Laravel.

use Mpge\Govel\Facades\Govel;
use App\Tasks\ProcessImage;

// Synchronous
$result = Govel::run(ProcessImage::class, [
    'path' => '/tmp/image.jpg',
    'width' => 800,
]);

// Asynchronous (fire-and-forget)
Govel::dispatch(ProcessImage::class, ['path' => '/tmp/image.jpg']);

// Queue (Laravel queue integration)
Govel::queue(ProcessImage::class, ['path' => '/tmp/image.jpg'])
    ->onQueue('processing')
    ->delay(30);

Requirements

• PHP 8.3+
• Laravel 11+
• Go 1.21+ (for compiling workers)

Installation

composer require mpge/govel

Publish the config file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=govel-config

Quick Start

Govel provides Artisan commands to scaffold everything you need:

# 1. Create a task class
php artisan govel:make-task ProcessImage
# → app/Tasks/ProcessImage.php

# 2. Scaffold the Go worker
php artisan govel:make-worker process-image
# → bin/workers/process-image/main.go

# 3. Compile the worker
php artisan govel:build process-image
# → bin/process-image

# 4. Run it
Govel::run(ProcessImage::class, ['path' => '/tmp/photo.jpg']);

Artisan Commands

Command	Description
govel:make-task {name}	Scaffold a new Task class at app/Tasks/{Name}.php
govel:make-worker {name}	Scaffold a Go worker with main.go and go.mod at bin/workers/{name}/
govel:build {name?}	Compile Go workers into binaries. Omit name to build all.
govel:list	List all available tasks with binary status (found/missing)

govel:make-task

php artisan govel:make-task ResizeImage

Generates app/Tasks/ResizeImage.php:

namespace App\Tasks;

use Mpge\Govel\Contracts\Task;

class ResizeImage implements Task
{
    public function name(): string
    {
        return 'resize-image';
    }
}

govel:make-worker

php artisan govel:make-worker resize-image

Creates bin/workers/resize-image/ with a Go template that reads JSON from stdin and writes JSON to stdout.

govel:build

# Build a specific worker
php artisan govel:build resize-image

# Build all workers
php artisan govel:build

Compiles Go source in bin/workers/*/ to binaries in bin/. Requires Go to be installed.

govel:list

php artisan govel:list

Outputs a table showing each task name, its binary path, and whether the binary exists.

Drivers

Govel ships with three drivers. Set GOVEL_DRIVER in your .env:

Driver	Use Case	How It Works
process (default)	Simple, single-server	Spawns a Go binary per task via Symfony Process
grpc	Persistent server, zero startup overhead	HTTP/JSON bridge to a long-running Go server
distributed	Multi-node, high availability	Load-balanced requests across multiple Go servers

Process Driver

The default. Each task spawns a Go binary, communicates via stdin/stdout JSON.

GOVEL_DRIVER=process
GOVEL_BIN_PATH=/path/to/bin
GOVEL_TIMEOUT=30

gRPC Driver

Connects to a persistent Go server — no process startup cost per task. Uses HTTP/JSON (no PHP extensions required).

GOVEL_DRIVER=grpc
GOVEL_GRPC_HOST=127.0.0.1
GOVEL_GRPC_PORT=9800

Start the included Go server:

cd bin/workers/govel-server
go build -o ../../govel-server .
GOVEL_PORT=9800 GOVEL_BIN_PATH=../../ ../../govel-server

Distributed Driver

Load-balances tasks across multiple Govel server nodes with automatic failover.

// config/govel.php
'driver' => 'distributed',
'distributed' => [
    'strategy' => 'round-robin', // or 'least-connections'
    'nodes' => [
        ['host' => '10.0.0.1', 'port' => 9800],
        ['host' => '10.0.0.2', 'port' => 9800],
        ['host' => '10.0.0.3', 'port' => 9800],
    ],
],

Queue Integration

Dispatch Go tasks onto Laravel queues:

// Basic queue dispatch
Govel::queue(ProcessImage::class, ['path' => '/tmp/img.jpg']);

// With options
Govel::queue(ProcessImage::class, $payload)
    ->onQueue('processing')
    ->onConnection('redis')
    ->delay(60)
    ->via('grpc');  // Use a specific Govel driver

Go Worker Contract

Every Go binary must:

1. Read JSON from stdin — the payload from PHP
2. Write JSON to stdout — the response back to PHP
3. Exit 0 on success, non-zero on failure
4. Write errors to stderr — captured for logging

Result DTO

$result = Govel::run(ProcessImage::class, $payload);

$result->success;   // bool
$result->output;    // array (decoded JSON from Go)
$result->error;     // string|null
$result->duration;  // float (milliseconds)

Error Handling

use Mpge\Govel\Exceptions\BinaryNotFoundException;
use Mpge\Govel\Exceptions\TaskExecutionException;

try {
    $result = Govel::run(ProcessImage::class, $payload);
} catch (BinaryNotFoundException $e) {
    // Binary not found at expected path
} catch (TaskExecutionException $e) {
    // Process timed out or failed
}

if (! $result->success) {
    logger()->error($result->error);
}

Extending with Custom Drivers

Govel::extend('custom', new MyCustomDriver());
Govel::driver('custom')->run($task, $payload);

Architecture

Laravel (PHP)
  → Govel Facade
    → GoManager
      ├── ProcessDriver  → Go binary (stdin/stdout)
      ├── GrpcDriver     → Go HTTP server (persistent)
      └── DistributedDriver → Multiple Go servers (load balanced)
          → Result DTO

Configuration Reference

// config/govel.php
return [
    'driver'  => env('GOVEL_DRIVER', 'process'),
    'bin_path' => env('GOVEL_BIN_PATH', base_path('bin')),
    'timeout'  => env('GOVEL_TIMEOUT', 30),

    'grpc' => [
        'host' => env('GOVEL_GRPC_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
        'port' => env('GOVEL_GRPC_PORT', 9800),
        'tls'  => env('GOVEL_GRPC_TLS', false),
    ],

    'distributed' => [
        'strategy' => env('GOVEL_DIST_STRATEGY', 'round-robin'),
        'tls'      => env('GOVEL_DIST_TLS', false),
        'nodes'    => [],
    ],

    'queue' => [
        'connection' => env('GOVEL_QUEUE_CONNECTION'),
        'queue'      => env('GOVEL_QUEUE_NAME', 'govel'),
    ],
];

Govel Monitor

Track every Go task execution with a real-time dashboard. Zero code changes — just install and go.

composer require mpge/govel-monitor
php artisan migrate

Visit /govel-monitor to see your dashboard. Learn more →

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.