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configuration — alternative #1 to config
Library for initializing configuration structs from env variables, files, flags and 'default' tag.
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#2 Developer ToolsUnknown
configuro — alternative #2 to config
opinionated configuration loading & validation framework from ENV and Files focused towards 12-Factor compliant applications.
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enflag — alternative #3 to config
Container-oriented, zero-dependency configuration library that unifies Env variable and Flag parsing. Uses generics for type safety, without...
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goconfig — alternative #4 to config
Populate Go structs from flags, environment variables, config.json and defaults with deterministic precedence. No extra dependencies.
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goopt — alternative #5 to config
A declarative, struct-tag based CLI framework for Go, with a broad feature set such as hierarchical commands/flags, i18n, shell completion,...
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konf — alternative #6 to config
The simplest API for reading/watching config from file, env, flag and clouds (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP).
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kingpin — alternative #7 to config
Command line and flag parser supporting sub commands (superseded by kong; see below).
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sflags — alternative #8 to config
Struct based flags generator for flag, urfave/cli, pflag, cobra, kingpin, and other libraries.
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How were these alternatives selected?
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