go-simple-config vs go-arg

go-simple-config

open source for accessing and storing configuration (by chen-keinan)

Configuration Opensource

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go-arg

Struct-based argument parsing in Go (by alexflint)

Configuration Argument parsing Golang

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go-simple-config		go-arg
	Project
-	Mentions	6
3	Stars	1,861
-	Growth	-
3.5	Activity	4.4
5 months ago	Latest Commit	28 days ago
Go	Language	Go
Apache License 2.0	License	BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

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.

What are some alternatives?

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

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

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

configuration - Library for setting values to structs' fields from env, flags, files or default tag

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

fig - A minimalist Go configuration library

go-flags - go command line option parser

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

konfig - Composable, observable and performant config handling for Go for the distributed processing era

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