Golobby Config by golobby

A lightweight yet powerful configuration manager for the Go programming language

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Verdict 61/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 3.3 years ago

Self-host Golobby Config on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
61 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
369
29 forks

About Golobby Config

From the project's README at github.com/golobby/config. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

[](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/golobby/config) [](https://github.com/golobby/config/actions/workflows/ci.yml) [](https://github.com/golobby/config/actions?query=workflow%3ACodeQL) [](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/golobby/config) [](https://coveralls.io/github/golobby/config?branch=master) [](https://github.com/avelino/awesome-go) GoLobby Config is a lightweight yet powerful configuration manager for Go projects. It takes advantage of Dot-env (.env) files and OS environment variables alongside config files (JSON, YAML, and TOML) to meet all of your requirements. Documentation Required Go Version It requires Go or newer versions. Installation To install this package run the following command in the root of your project. Quick Start The following example demonstrates how to use a JSON configuration file.

```go // The configuration struct type MyConfig struct { App struct { Name string Port int } Debug bool Product

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
61
maturity
100
community
72
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
21

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 369 github.com/golobby/config
GitHub forks 29 github.com/golobby/config

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age6.6 yearssince Oct 2019
Last commit3.3 years agoJan 5, 2023
Releases shipped30last: 3.3 years ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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