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Top 23 Go Config Projects
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Project mention: gmap in GoFrame: A Deep Dive into High-Performance Concurrent Maps | dev.to | 2025-01-05
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dasel
Select, put and delete data from JSON, TOML, YAML, XML and CSV files with a single tool. Supports conversion between formats and can be used as a Go package.
Project mention: TomWright/dasel: Select, put and delete data from JSON, TOML, YAML, XML and CSV | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-08-18No HCL support [0] though.
[0]: https://github.com/TomWright/dasel/issues/98
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Project mention: Show HN: A drop-in for "SSH" that can save connection to SSH config file | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-04-16
https://github.com/moul/assh
Not sure I see anything to make me switch
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koanf
Simple, extremely lightweight, extensible, configuration management library for Go. Supports JSON, TOML, YAML, env, command line, file, S3 etc. Alternative to viper.
Project mention: Simple, lightweight, extensible, configuration management library for Go | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-12-24 -
gomplate
A flexible commandline tool for template rendering. Supports lots of local and remote datasources.
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There is also autorestic - A simplified YAML-based configuration for dealing with Restic backups: https://github.com/cupcakearmy/autorestic
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konfig
Composable, observable and performant config handling for Go for the distributed processing era
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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 (by gookit)
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Project mention: Remco is a lightweight configuration management tool | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-13
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We have just released a big update to the config-file-validator. All new functionality was added by the OSS community during Hacktoberfest 2024. Thank you to all who contributed! Some highlights:
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golobby-config
A lightweight yet powerful configuration manager for the Go programming language (by golobby)
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konf
The simplest config loader for Go that reads/watches from file, env, flag and clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP). (by nil-go)
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esc
Pulumi ESC is a centralized, secure service for environments, secrets, and configuration management, optimized for multi-cloud infrastructures and applications. (by pulumi)
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This works well enough for me with minimal configuration
https://github.com/TheYkk/git-switcher
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joshbetz/config
🛠 A configuration library for Go that parses environment variables, JSON files, and reloads automatically on SIGHUP. (by joshbetz)
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gcfg
read INI-style configuration files into Go structs; supports user-defined types and subsections
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zerocfg
Zero-effort, concise configuration management that avoids boilerplate and repetitive actions.
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
Go Config discussion
Go Config related posts
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Show HN: A drop-in for "SSH" that can save connection to SSH config file
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Remco is a lightweight configuration management tool
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Ask HN: Configuration engine that doesn't depend on interpreted language?
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Konf 1.0 – The simplest config loader for Go supports file, env, flag and clouds
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TySON: TypeScript Object Notation
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TySON (TypeScript Object Notation)
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TySON: Use TypeScript as a Configuration Language
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Config projects in Go? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | gf | 12,325 |
| 2 | dasel | 7,449 |
| 3 | env | 5,405 |
| 4 | Advanced SSH config | 3,129 |
| 5 | koanf | 3,156 |
| 6 | gomplate | 2,843 |
| 7 | autorestic | 1,545 |
| 8 | sake | 689 |
| 9 | konfig | 644 |
| 10 | aconfig | 586 |
| 11 | tyson | 554 |
| 12 | gookit/config | 549 |
| 13 | remco | 401 |
| 14 | config-file-validator | 372 |
| 15 | golobby-config | 363 |
| 16 | konf | 317 |
| 17 | esc | 244 |
| 18 | git-switcher | 239 |
| 19 | thema | 233 |
| 20 | joshbetz/config | 215 |
| 21 | framed | 176 |
| 22 | gcfg | 167 |
| 23 | zerocfg | 152 |
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