HCL: Toolkit for Structured Configuration Languages

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  1. pkl

    A configuration as code language with rich validation and tooling.

    https://github.com/apple/pkl-go/blob/v0.6.0/.circleci/config... seems to imply it's "curl && chmod" so maybe you're thinking of developing pkl itself?

    I happened to have a container that I am certain contains no Java and it fired right up

      $ docker run -it --rm --entrypoint=/usr/bin/env public.ecr.aws/aws-cli/aws-cli:2.15.38 bash -c 'curl -fsSLO https://github.com/apple/pkl/releases/download/0.25.3/pkl-linux-aarch64; chmod a+x pkl-linux-aarch64; ./pkl-linux-aarch64 --help'

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  3. bcl

    Basic Configuration Language

    Hey that's cool!

    I also wrote BCL (https://github.com/wkhere/bcl) out of frustration with HCL :)

  4. hcl

    HCL is the HashiCorp configuration language.

  5. rcl

    A reasonable configuration language

    Frustration with HCL is why I wrote RCL (it now has a website, https://rcl-lang.org). It can generate HCL's json form for use with Terraform, and it has functions and sensible list comprehensions.

  6. cuetorials.com

    Learn you some CUE for a great good!

    I have a website I maintain, many people tell me it has helped them

    https://cuetorials.com

  7. pkl-go

    Pkl bindings for the Go programming language

    https://github.com/apple/pkl-go/blob/v0.6.0/.circleci/config... seems to imply it's "curl && chmod" so maybe you're thinking of developing pkl itself?

    I happened to have a container that I am certain contains no Java and it fired right up

      $ docker run -it --rm --entrypoint=/usr/bin/env public.ecr.aws/aws-cli/aws-cli:2.15.38 bash -c 'curl -fsSLO https://github.com/apple/pkl/releases/download/0.25.3/pkl-linux-aarch64; chmod a+x pkl-linux-aarch64; ./pkl-linux-aarch64 --help'

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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