Last Updated: May 22, 2026
The embed package is small, almost ceremonial, but the one type it exports, embed.FS, is what makes embedded files plug into the rest of the standard library. Once you understand that an embed.FS is just an fs.FS with extra methods, the whole ecosystem of file-consuming APIs (http.FileServer, template.ParseFS, fs.Sub, fs.WalkDir) opens up.