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Read/Write config couldn't be easier!

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RC9

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Read/Write RC configs couldn't be easier!

Install

Install dependencies:

# ✨ Auto-detect
npx nypm install rc9

# npm
npm install rc9

# yarn
yarn add rc9

# pnpm
pnpm add rc9

# bun
bun install rc9

# deno
deno install npm:rc9

Import utils:

ESM (Node.js, Bun, Deno)

import {
  defaults,
  parse,
  parseFile,
  read,
  readUser,
  serialize,
  write,
  writeUser,
  readUserConfig,
  writeUserConfig,
  updateUserConfig,
  update,
  updateUser,
} from "rc9";

Usage

.conf:

db.username=username
db.password=multi word password
db.enabled=true

Update config:

update({ "db.enabled": false }); // or update(..., { name: '.conf' })

Push to an array:

update({ "modules[]": "test" });

Read/Write config:

const config = read(); // or read('.conf')

// config = {
//   db: {
//     username: 'username',
//     password: 'multi word password',
//     enabled: true
//   }
// }

config.enabled = false;
write(config); // or write(config, '.conf')

User Config:

You can use readUserConfig/writeUserConfig/updateUserConfig to store config in the user's config directory ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME or ~/.config):

writeUserConfig({ token: 123 }, ".zoorc"); // Will be saved in ~/.config/.zoorc

const conf = readUserConfig(".zoorc"); // { token: 123 }

[!NOTE] readUser/writeUser/updateUser are deprecated. Use readUserConfig/writeUserConfig/updateUserConfig instead, which follow XDG conventions (~/.config).

Unflatten

RC uses flat to automatically flat/unflat when writing and reading rcfile.

It means that you can use . for keys to define objects. Some examples:

  • hello.world = true <=> { hello: { world: true }
  • test.0 = A <=> tags: [ 'A' ]

Note: If you use keys that can override like x= and x.y=, you can disable this feature by passing flat: true option.

Tip: You can use keys ending with [] to push to an array like test[]=A

Native Values

RC uses destr to convert values into native javascript values.

So reading count=123 results { count: 123 } (instead of { count: "123" }) if you want to preserve strings as is, can use count="123".

Exports

const defaults: RCOptions;
function parse(contents: string, options?: RCOptions): RC;
function parseFile(path: string, options?: RCOptions): RC;
function read(options?: RCOptions | string): RC;
function readUserConfig(options?: RCOptions | string): RC;
function serialize(config: RC): string;
function write(config: RC, options?: RCOptions | string): void;
function writeUserConfig(config: RC, options?: RCOptions | string): void;
function update(config: RC, options?: RCOptions | string): RC;
function updateUserConfig(config: RC, options?: RCOptions | string): RC;

Types:

type RC = Record<string, any>;
interface RCOptions {
  name?: string;
  dir?: string;
  flat?: boolean;
}

Defaults:

{
  name: '.conf',
  dir: process.cwd(),
  flat: false
}

Why RC9?

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License

Published under the MIT license. Made by community 💛

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Package last updated on 06 Feb 2026

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