ConfigArgParse vs profig

ConfigArgParse

A drop-in replacement for argparse that allows options to also be set via config files and/or environment variables. (by bw2)

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A straightforward configuration library for Python. (by dhagrow)

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ConfigArgParse		profig
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3	Mentions	-
703	Stars	-
-	Growth	-
5.6	Activity	-
28 days ago	Latest Commit	over 8 years ago
Python	Language	Python
MIT License	License	MIT

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ConfigArgParse

Posts with mentions or reviews of ConfigArgParse. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-12.

PEP 671 Syntax for late bound function default values
1 project | /r/Python | 22 Jun 2022

The nice thing is there are modules that do all those things and roll them up into one, for you. Such as ConfigArgParse, for example.
How to manage configurations like a boss in modern python
1 project | /r/Python | 3 Nov 2021

Once I found configargparse this problem was solved for me.
Gooey: Turn (almost) any Python command line program into a GUI application
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Jun 2021

You can check out ConfigArgParse[0]. It allows you to use command line arguments, environment variables and config files to control the behavior of your scripts. I'm not sure if you can use it with gooey or not.
[0] https://github.com/bw2/ConfigArgParse

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What are some alternatives?

When comparing ConfigArgParse and profig you can also consider the following projects:

Gooey - Turn (almost) any Python command line program into a full GUI application with one line

dynaconf - Configuration Management for Python ⚙

python-dotenv - Reads key-value pairs from a .env file and can set them as environment variables. It helps in developing applications following the 12-factor principles.

parse_it - A python library for parsing multiple types of config files, envvars & command line arguments that takes the headache out of setting app configurations.

GooeyVideo - A small collection of FFMPEG tools which I use while working on Gooey

python-decouple - Strict separation of config from code.

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django-environ - Django-environ allows you to utilize 12factor inspired environment variables to configure your Django application.

django-dotenv - Loads environment variables from .env

ConfigObj - Python 3+ compatible port of the configobj library

classyconf - Declarative and extensible library for configuration & code separation