Instructions to get an initial godoc running on a local app engine emulator

To run godoc under the app engine emulator, create a ("goroot") godoc directory that contains the app.yaml file, the doc and lib directories from the Go distribution, as well as a godoc directory with the godoc sources from src/cmd/godoc. In the godoc source directory, replace main.go with init.go. The directory structure should look as follows:

godoc // "goroot" directory app.yaml // app engine control file doc // goroot/doc directory favicon.ico godoc // contains godoc sources godoc.go // unchanged godoc file init.go // this file instead of godoc/main.go ... // remaining godoc files lib // goroot/lib directory

Run app engine emulator locally: dev_appserver.py -a godoc where godoc is the top-level "goroot" directory. The godoc home page is then served at: :8080 .