# jinzhu/configor

Golang Configuration tool that support YAML, JSON, TOML, Shell Environment

Repository: https://github.com/jinzhu/configor
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/configor
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, golang-configuration, golang
Last push: 2024-04-27T09:45:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4020, "days_push": 858, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1786, forks 211 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:36.122868+00:00)

## What it is
Configor is a Go configuration library that loads settings into structs from YAML, JSON, TOML files and shell environment variables. It supports defaults, required fields, multiple config files with priority, environment-based loading, and automatic config reloading.

## Use cases
- load application config from yaml in go
- merge  and toml config files with priority
- override config values with environment variables
- struct tags for default and required config fields
- auto reload configuration when file changes
- load different configs per environment like development and production

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight Go config loader supporting multiple file formats
- you want environment variable overrides and env-based config selection
- you need hot-reloading of configuration files

## When to avoid
- you need config validation beyond required fields
- you use Viper or another config library already
- the project needs very frequent maintenance updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: configuration-management, serialization
- domain: developer-tools, backend, web-development
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: yaml, toml, environment-variables, config-loading, auto-reload

## Member repositories
- jinzhu/configor (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:36.122868+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:24:10.263162+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jinzhu/configor (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:36.122868+00:00, sha 945396641212)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.