eps VS json5

I think parsing YAML or JSON into typed structures is the easier way to go. I e.g. do that in Golang using a little form validation and coercion library I've written. The end result is a nested, strongly typed data structure. Here's an example: https://github.com/iris-connect/eps/blob/master/settings.go (the accompanying form validation configuration: https://github.com/iris-connect/eps/blob/master/forms/settin...)

In my experience, a lot of the validation needs to be done at runtime anyway as type checking alone won't allow you to e.g. validate if a string is a valid regular expression. Also, I think using TypeScript for configuration requires you to compile & interpret the configuration file in order to check it and obtain the data values. Not sure if I like that as it requires bundling the Typescript compiler with your program.

JSON5 support

Meanwhile, formats have been evolving (JSON5, YAML), config entry points are constantly changing. These fluctuations, fortunately, were covered by tools like the cosmiconfig.

I think JSON5 is fairly close to this: https://json5.org

I reckon the only thing it's missing to be truly accessible to non-techies is that string values still need to be quoted, i.e. you can't have:

key: this is my value

(I'm definitely not saying it would be a good idea to allow quotes to be dropped, just that that's the only potential stumbling block I see for non-techies.)

I believe that's JSON5.

https://github.com/json5/json5

It's my preferred configuration file format, it fixes all the problems I have with JSON (trailing commas, comments) without turning it into a mess full of gotchas like YAML.

JSON 5 support

I would like to see mention of JSON5 which is 11 years its elder. For comments in JSON, JSON5 is a good starting point.