laserlemon/figaro

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases

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3745 stars · 278 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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Figaro is a Ruby gem that provides simple, Heroku-friendly configuration for Rails applications using environment variables and a single Git-ignored YAML file. It parses config/application.yml and loads its values into ENV, keeping sensitive configuration out of version control.

Use cases

• manage rails app secrets with a yaml file
• load environment variables from a config file in rails
• keep api keys out of git in a rails app
• configure a heroku rails app with env vars
• share local development configuration across a team
• twelve-factor style configuration for ruby apps

When to choose

• you maintain a Rails app and want simple ENV-based configuration
• you deploy to Heroku or another ENV-driven platform
• you want a single YAML file for local secrets that is git-ignored

When to avoid

• you are not using Rails or Ruby
• you need per-environment config files, encrypted credentials, or advanced features offered by Rails built-in credentials or dotenv
• you need actively developed v2 features, which are stalled

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

configuration-management secrets-management web-development developer-tools security ruby rails env-vars yaml-config heroku twelve-factor web-server

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