libconfig – C/C++ Configuration File Library

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Overview

Libconfig is a simple library for processing structured configuration files, like this one: test.cfg. This file format is more compact and more readable than XML. And unlike XML, it is type-aware, so it is not necessary to do string parsing in application code.

Libconfig is very compact — a fraction of the size of the expat XML parser library. This makes it well-suited for memory-constrained systems like handheld devices.

The library includes bindings for both the C and C++ languages. It works on POSIX-compliant UNIX and UNIX-like systems (GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD), Android, and Windows (2000, XP and later).

Documentation

Documentation is included in the distribution in the form of a texinfo manual. The documentation is also available in the following formats:

HTML PDF

License

Libconfig is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. This license was chosen over the standard GNU license to allow libconfig to be used with non-free programs.

http://www.hyperrealm.com/libconfig/libconfig.html

https://hyperrealm.github.io/libconfig/

https://github.com/hyperrealm/libconfig