config
Declarative configuration for Go (by num30)
go-arg
Struct-based argument parsing in Go (by alexflint)
| config | go-arg | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 6 | |
| 47 | 1,869 | |
| - | - | |
| 4.7 | 5.4 | |
| 5 months ago | about 1 month ago | |
| Go | Go | |
| MIT License | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
config
Posts with mentions or reviews of config.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-31.
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New Configuration Library
An idea for validation from similar project
- Simple configuration for apps
- Show HN: Dead easy configuration of apps in Go
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
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Build a GitHub Issues Reporter for failing Kubernetes Apps with Botkube Plugins
Under the hood, the pluginx.ParseCommand method uses go-arg.
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Libraries for CLI and console applications
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?
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Best practice for configuring secrets
I use this: https://github.com/alexflint/go-arg and setting defaults for my local environment. So no need to keep a .env file.
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Recommended framework/library for creating cli apps in go?
I personally swear by the go-arg package, as i prefer its library-not-framework approach.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing config and go-arg you can also consider the following projects:
go-toml - Go library for the TOML file format
argparse - Argparse for golang. Just because `flag` sucks
viper - Go configuration with fangs
flag - Flag is a simple but powerful command line option parsing library for Go support infinite level subcommand
ini - Package ini provides INI file read and write functionality in Go
cobra - A Commander for modern Go CLI interactions
config - JSON or YAML configuration wrapper with convenient access methods.
go-flags - go command line option parser
cleanenv - ✨Clean and minimalistic environment configuration reader for Golang
store - A dead simple configuration manager for Go applications
docopt.go - A command-line arguments parser that will make you smile.