Decision: Choosing a configuration library
📔 What is it - A decision data and discussion about the right configuration library
⏰ Status - Open, closed in April 1st 2022
📁 Corresponding discussion - Here
🎯Bottom-line: our recommendation - ✨convict✨ ticks all the boxes by providing both strict schema, fail fast option, entry documentation and hierarchical structure
📊 Detailed comparison table
| dotenv | Convict | nconf | config | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Summary | ||||
| Performance (load time for 100 keys) |  1ms |  5ms | 4ms | 5ms |
| Popularity | Superior |  Less popular than competitors | Highly popular | Highly popular |
| ❗ Fail fast & strict schema | No | Yes | No | No |
| Items documentation | No | Yes | No | No |
| Hierarchical configuration schema | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| More details: Community & Popularity - March 2022 | ||||
| Stars | 4200 ✨ | 2500 ✨ | 2500 ✨ | 1000 ✨ |
| Downloads/Week | 12,900,223 📁 | 4,000,000 📁 | 6,000,000 📁 | 5,000,000 📁 |
| Dependents | 26,000 👩👧 | 600 👧 | 800 👧 | 1000 👧 |