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kong
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climate "CLI Mate": a CLI library that autogenerates CLIs from structs / functions with support for nested subcommands, global / local flags, help generation from godocs, typo suggestions, shell completion and more
I’ve been using https://github.com/alecthomas/kong for exposing generated protobuf structs for CLI args. How does your library compare?
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Which packages do you recommend for building cli tools?
I prefer https://github.com/alecthomas/kong these days
- I'm looking for a library that can parse through a string and pickup parameters and add it to a golang object
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Golang equivalent of Python’s click (CLT framework)
kong
- Python library cmd2 equivalent in golang
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Coral, a friendly Cobra fork with nearly all its features, but only 4 dependencies
We switched all our cli tools from cobra/viper to kong. I can highly recommend it. Almost no deps and easy to use, a great replacement for cobra in my opinion.
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Recommended framework/library for creating cli apps in go?
I switched all from viper to kong.
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I'm looking for a good alternativ to Viper
For all my commandline parsing and config loading needs I use kong. In contrast to Viper and Cobra it has almost no dependencies (while viper and cobra pull in half a jungle).
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Made my first command-line tool with Golang
I think it is probably just a matter of personal taste, but I like to handle params and flags on the main function. I am probably biased by C experience and using https://github.com/alecthomas/kong though. Kong is certainly not as popular as cobra, but its approach.
koanf
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Nees help install knadh/koanf
LINK: https://github.com/knadh/koanf
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App init and graceful watch lib recommendations ?
For configuration, I like Koanf.
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Two ways to provide configuration: command-line, yaml file.
Of course. You should always use a good config package. caarlos0/env is okay but https://github.com/knadh/koanf is a better all around solution imo.
- Simplify Your Configurations in Go
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Golang equivalent of Python’s click (CLT framework)
You can also use Viper with urfave/cli, or you can replace Viper with knadh/koanf, which I personally prefer.
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Viper – Go Configuration with Fangs
Use viper with care. It has some dangerous fundamental flaws [1]. We got bitten hard, submitted a PR [2] and followed up for a year and a half to no avail, before I went ahead and reinvented the wheel and wrote koanf (plug), specifically to avoid viper's flaws.
Most importantly:
- Breaks JSON, YAML, TOML etc. language specs by forcibly lowercasing all keys internally. Dangerous because it can silently merge differently cased config keys into lowercase.
- Hard codes big unnecessary dependencies into the core, significantly bloating build sizes. No separation or abstraction.
[1] https://github.com/spf13/viper/pull/635
[2] https://github.com/knadh/koanf#alternative-to-viper
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Extracting embedded files
It's not hard to a) look for a key in an environment variable b) accept a key as a parameter c) load a key from a file d) all of the above with something like koanf
- What are some good open source project to read when learning Go?
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Coral, a friendly Cobra fork with nearly all its features, but only 4 dependencies
Came across this the other day https://github.com/knadh/koanf as an alternative to Viper.
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What are your favorite packages to use?
https://github.com/knadh/koanf for config management. Readme contains why it's a good alternative to viper.
What are some alternatives?
cobra - A Commander for modern Go CLI interactions
viper - Go configuration with fangs
kingpin - CONTRIBUTIONS ONLY: A Go (golang) command line and flag parser
config - JSON or YAML configuration wrapper with convenient access methods.
go-flags - go command line option parser
konfig - Composable, observable and performant config handling for Go for the distributed processing era
cleanenv - ✨Clean and minimalistic environment configuration reader for Golang
urfave/cli - A simple, fast, and fun package for building command line apps in Go
kelseyhightower/envconfig - Golang library for managing configuration data from environment variables
cli - CLI - A package for building command line app with go
go-simple-config - open source for accessing and storing configuration