dhall-lang/dhall-lang
Maintainable configuration files observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
67/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3286
- days_rel: 594
- days_push: 13
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
4475 stars · 184 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Dhall is a programmable, non-Turing-complete configuration language with functions, types, and imports, formally specified so multiple language bindings can evaluate the same files. This repository hosts the language standard, compliance test suite, standard Prelude library, and shared ecosystem infrastructure.
Use cases
- generate json or yaml config files from a programmable language
- reduce repetition and drift in large kubernetes yaml configs
- safely evaluate untrusted configuration code
- refactor configuration files with semantic hash guarantees
- share a single source of truth config across multiple languages
- validate config files against a type system
When to choose
- you need maintainable, typed, DRY configuration instead of raw JSON/YAML
- you want safety guarantees like no hangs, crashes, or side effects in config evaluation
- you need one config source consumed by several programming languages via official bindings
When to avoid
- you need a Turing-complete configuration or scripting language
- your toolchain only accepts plain JSON/YAML and you cannot run converters
- your language has no Dhall binding and external executables are impractical
Facets
library · maturity active
configuration-management serialization type-system interpreter testing programming-languages developer-tools cross-platform cli windows configuration-language dhall json yaml language-standard total-language semantic-hashing prelude devops configuration-management linux macos
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/dhall-lang/dhall-lang · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1111281e07c0
- homepage: https://dhall-lang.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8b98d215d0e0
- site_page: https://docs.dhall-lang.org/tutorials/Getting-started_Generate-JSON-or-YAML.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · ae05f4ed7044
- site_page: https://docs.dhall-lang.org/discussions/Core-language-features.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · b18bbc325dd4
- site_page: https://docs.dhall-lang.org/howtos/FAQ.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · fe513c8e13af
- site_page: https://docs.dhall-lang.org/howtos/How-to-integrate-Dhall.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 60161a38be4f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| dhall-lang/dhall-lang | main | 67 |
For agents
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