# addGoApp

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Go](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.go.md)
- Version: `13.4.0-preview.1.26281.18`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Adds a Go application to the application model. The Go toolchain must be available on the PATH.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addGoApp(
    name: string,
    appDirectory: string,
    packagePath?: string,
    buildTags?: string[],
    ldFlags?: string,
    gcFlags?: string,
    raceDetector?: boolean): GoAppResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `appDirectory` (`string`)
- `packagePath` (`string`) `optional` `= .`
- `buildTags` (`string[]`) `optional`
- `ldFlags` (`string`) `optional`
- `gcFlags` (`string`) `optional`
- `raceDetector` (`boolean`) `optional` `= False`

## Returns

[GoAppResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.go/goappresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.go/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)