go-arg vs configure

go-arg

Struct-based argument parsing in Go (by alexflint)

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configure

Configure is a Go package that gives you easy configuration of your project through redundancy (by paked)

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go-arg		configure
	Project
6	Mentions	-
1,861	Stars	56
-	Growth	-
4.4	Activity	0.0
25 days ago	Latest Commit	about 5 years ago
Go	Language	Go
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License	License	MIT License

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go-arg

Posts with mentions or reviews of go-arg. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-02.

Go-Arg: Struct-based argument parsing in Go
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Dec 2023
Build a GitHub Issues Reporter for failing Kubernetes Apps with Botkube Plugins
7 projects | dev.to | 2 Feb 2023

Under the hood, the pluginx.ParseCommand method uses go-arg.
Libraries for CLI and console applications
6 projects | /r/golang | 7 Jan 2023

I’ve used multiple libraries over the last two years but less is more and go-arg feels like something that would be in the stdlib: https://github.com/alexflint/go-arg
Libraries you use most of your projects?
30 projects | /r/golang | 2 Nov 2022
Best practice for configuring secrets
6 projects | /r/golang | 6 Apr 2022

I use this: https://github.com/alexflint/go-arg and setting defaults for my local environment. So no need to keep a .env file.
Recommended framework/library for creating cli apps in go?
9 projects | /r/golang | 27 Jan 2022

I personally swear by the go-arg package, as i prefer its library-not-framework approach.

configure

Posts with mentions or reviews of configure. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing go-arg and configure you can also consider the following projects:

argparse - Argparse for golang. Just because `flag` sucks

joshbetz/config - 🛠 A configuration library for Go that parses environment variables, JSON files, and reloads automatically on SIGHUP.

flag - Flag is a simple but powerful command line option parsing library for Go support infinite level subcommand

viper - Go configuration with fangs

cobra - A Commander for modern Go CLI interactions

hjson - Hjson for Go

go-flags - go command line option parser

gofigure - Go configuration made easy!

gookit/config - 📝 Go configuration manage(load,get,set,export). support JSON, YAML, TOML, Properties, INI, HCL, ENV and Flags. Multi file load, data override merge, parse ENV var. Go应用配置加载管理，支持多种格式，多文件加载，远程文件加载，支持数据合并，解析环境变量名

docopt.go - A command-line arguments parser that will make you smile.

config - JSON or YAML configuration wrapper with convenient access methods.