hashicorp/hcl

HCL is the HashiCorp configuration language.

Developer toolsGo#hcl#configuration-language#hashicorp#json

0.7 Quiet Magnitude out of 10 — how fast interest is growing, not a quality score. Star growth looks organic. Data as of October 1, 2026, 12:56 UTC.

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About the project

HCL is HashiCorp's configuration language and Go toolkit for building structured configuration languages that are both human- and machine-friendly. It is used in devops tools such as Terraform.

Useful for

Parse configuration files in a Go application
Build a custom DSL for configuration with structure validation
Support reading configs in both native syntax and JSON

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Why it’s trending

GitHub Trending Go today: #10, +1 star.
Recent forks include notable developers: @00200200 (1,808 followers).

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Numbers

Total stars: 5,812
Today: 0 · ≈ 0 by evening
Forks: 667
Issues and pull requests: 832
Watchers: 331
Language: Go
License: MPL-2.0
Latest release: v2.25.0 · September 15, 2026
Created: July 31, 2014
Last push: October 1, 2026

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