conf-cli vs cosmiconfig

conf-cli

simple cli for configuration and key/value's + oclif plugin for configuration (by natzcam)

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Find and load configuration from a package.json property, rc file, TypeScript module, and more! (by cosmiconfig)

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conf-cli		cosmiconfig
	Project
1	Mentions	5
26	Stars	3,842
-	Growth	0.7%
0.0	Activity	8.3
over 1 year ago	Latest Commit	2 months ago
TypeScript	Language	TypeScript
MIT License	License	MIT License

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conf-cli

Posts with mentions or reviews of conf-cli. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-11.

Rob Pike: “Dotfiles” being hidden is a UNIXv2 mistake (2012)
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Aug 2022

info on XDG: [the XDG spec](https://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-...)
tools that respect XDG, for fellow JS CLI developers:
- https://github.com/davidtheclark/cosmiconfig Find and load configuration from a package.json property, rc file, or CommonJS module. [Check `searchPaths` to implement XDG spec compliance.](https://github.com/davidtheclark/cosmiconfig/issues/152)
- Sindre's libraries use [`env-paths`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/env-paths#pathsconfig) to get paths compliant with this.
- https://github.com/sindresorhus/conf simple config storing (maybe try [conf-cli](https://github.com/natzcam/conf-cli) to manipulate if needed) the successor to [configstore](https://github.com/sindresorhus/conf#how-is-this-different-f...)
- https://github.com/jonschlinkert/data-store conf like datastore but in the shclinkerverse

cosmiconfig

Posts with mentions or reviews of cosmiconfig. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-03.

topoconfig: enhancing config declarations with graphs
10 projects | dev.to | 3 Oct 2023

Meanwhile, formats have been evolving (JSON5, YAML), config entry points are constantly changing. These fluctuations, fortunately, were covered by tools like the cosmiconfig.
Moving all config files to a config folder in React?
1 project | /r/webdev | 27 Feb 2023

I've heard of cosmicconfig, which I think allows you to put most of your config files in a single .config folder. I've never used it though.
Create a Node.js command-line library with NRWL NX workspace
6 projects | dev.to | 8 Jan 2023

There is a fantastic library davidtheclark/cosmiconfig: Find and load configuration from a package.json property, rc file, or CommonJS module that does all the tedious work for you.
Rob Pike: “Dotfiles” being hidden is a UNIXv2 mistake (2012)
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Aug 2022

info on XDG: [the XDG spec](https://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-...)
tools that respect XDG, for fellow JS CLI developers:
- https://github.com/davidtheclark/cosmiconfig Find and load configuration from a package.json property, rc file, or CommonJS module. [Check `searchPaths` to implement XDG spec compliance.](https://github.com/davidtheclark/cosmiconfig/issues/152)
- Sindre's libraries use [`env-paths`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/env-paths#pathsconfig) to get paths compliant with this.
- https://github.com/sindresorhus/conf simple config storing (maybe try [conf-cli](https://github.com/natzcam/conf-cli) to manipulate if needed) the successor to [configstore](https://github.com/sindresorhus/conf#how-is-this-different-f...)
- https://github.com/jonschlinkert/data-store conf like datastore but in the shclinkerverse
A Node.js configuration provider reading files, environment and arguments
3 projects | dev.to | 25 May 2022

cosmiconfig - Reads configuration from a file. It searches for many file types and file names, and even supports defining config in the package.json file. Very customizable, it's an awesome library very flexible both for the app developer and for the app user.