cookiecutter-golang vs viper

cookiecutter-golang

A Go project template (by lacion)

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Go configuration with fangs (by spf13)

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cookiecutter-golang		viper
	Project
2	Mentions	74
671	Stars	25,756
-	Growth	-
2.4	Activity	8.8
3 months ago	Latest Commit	6 days ago
Go	Language	Go
MIT License	License	MIT License

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cookiecutter-golang

Posts with mentions or reviews of cookiecutter-golang. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-07-07.

How awesome is cookiecutter?
4 projects | dev.to | 7 Jul 2021

~ cookiecutter https://github.com/lacion/cookiecutter-golang.git full_name [Luis Morales]: Ricardo Castro github_username [lacion]: mccricardo app_name [mygolangproject]: demo project_short_description [A Golang project.]: A demo docker_hub_username [lacion]: mccricardo docker_image [lacion/alpine-base-image:latest]: golang:1.16.5-apline3.14 docker_build_image [lacion/alpine-golang-buildimage]: golang:1.16.5-apline3.14 Select docker_build_image_version: 1 - 1.13 2 - 1.12.9 3 - 1.11.9 Choose from 1, 2, 3 [1]: 1 Select go_mod_or_dep: 1 - mod 2 - dep Choose from 1, 2 [1]: 1 use_docker [y]: y use_git [y]: y use_logrus_logging [y]: y use_viper_config [y]: y use_cobra_cmd [y]: y Select use_ci: 1 - travis 2 - circle 3 - none Choose from 1, 2, 3 [1]: 3 Initialized empty Git repository in /home/mccricardo/test/demo/.git/ [master (root-commit) 2e82ac9] Initial Commit. 13 files changed, 597 insertions(+) create mode 100644 .gitignore create mode 100644 AUTHORS.md create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTING.md create mode 100644 Dockerfile create mode 100644 Makefile create mode 100644 README.md create mode 100644 cmd/root.go create mode 100644 cmd/version.go create mode 100644 config/config.go create mode 100644 go.mod create mode 100644 log/log.go create mode 100644 main.go create mode 100644 version/version.go
Backstage Software Templates
5 projects | dev.to | 13 Apr 2021

@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend through CookieCutter "knows" how to bootstrap Golang projects based on cookiecutter-golang. And that's how all the magic happens.

viper

Posts with mentions or reviews of viper. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-22.

Upload and Delete file from Amazon S3 Bucket in Go using Presigned URLs
2 projects | dev.to | 22 Apr 2024

Once environment variables are setup we need load them into our project. For this this i will use viper
Proxy Server in Go
2 projects | dev.to | 20 Jan 2024

The code uses Viper to load configuration files in the application.
API completa em Golang - Parte 2
5 projects | dev.to | 5 Dec 2023
What 3rd-party libraries do you use often/all the time?
7 projects | /r/golang | 1 Dec 2023

github.com/spf13/viper
API completa em Golang - Parte 1
8 projects | dev.to | 1 Dec 2023
Building RESTful API with Hexagonal Architecture in Go
21 projects | dev.to | 27 Sep 2023

Instead of directly accessing environment variables with os.Getenv(), integrating a configuration handler like viper might make it maintainable.
What is the most common approach to configure a backend app?
4 projects | /r/golang | 5 Jun 2023

I guess most people are using https://github.com/spf13/viper but I don't know if I should read everything from
Could I get a code review?
11 projects | /r/golang | 1 Jun 2023

Use Viper for config file or environmental variable configuration -- it's going to save you a whole lot of time.
Which packages do you recommend for building cli tools?
10 projects | /r/golang | 17 Apr 2023

Cobra and Viper.
Library for Python similar to Go's Viper / 12 Factor
2 projects | /r/learnpython | 5 Apr 2023

I've mostly been using https://github.com/spf13/viper of late for my go projects. It supports the standard config formats, (json, yaml, toml etc) and lets you override any value with a ENV value.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing cookiecutter-golang and viper you can also consider the following projects:

golang-templates/seed - Go application GitHub repository template.

godotenv - A Go port of Ruby's dotenv library (Loads environment variables from .env files)

golang-standards/project-layout - Standard Go Project Layout

envconfig - Small library to read your configuration from environment variables

go-restful-api - An idiomatic Go REST API starter kit (boilerplate) following the SOLID principles and Clean Architecture

koanf - Simple, extremely lightweight, extensible, configuration management library for Go. Support for JSON, TOML, YAML, env, command line, file, S3 etc. Alternative to viper.

scaffold - Generate scaffold project layout for Go.

cleanenv - ✨Clean and minimalistic environment configuration reader for Golang

pagoda - Rapid, easy full-stack web development starter kit in Go

kelseyhightower/envconfig - Golang library for managing configuration data from environment variables

service - Starter-kit for writing services in Go using Kubernetes.

mapstructure - Go library for decoding generic map values into native Go structures and vice versa.