YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL)

YetAnotherConfigLib

Yet Another Config Lib, like, what were you expecting?

Why does this mod even exist?

This mod was made to fill a hole in this area of Fabric modding. The existing main config libraries don't achieve what I want from them:

• Cloth Config API: It's stale. The developer of cloth has clarified that they are likely not going to add any more features. They don't want to touch it. (citation)
• SpruceUI: It isn't designed for configuration. In this essence the design feels cluttered. Further details available in this issue.
• OwoLib: It's content focused. It does a lot of other things as well as config, adding to the size.

As you can see, there's sadly a drawback with all of them and this is where YetAnotherConfigLib comes in.

How is YACL better?

YACL has the favour of hindsight. Whilst developing this fresh library, I can make sure that it does everything right:

• Easy API. YACL takes inspiration from Sodium's internal configuration library.
• It's styled to fit in Minecraft. YACL's GUI is designed to fit right in.

Features

YACL has a ton of configuration features:

• Custom control widgets
• Create your own unique "controller" if the default set does not suit your needs
• Rich descriptions
• Clickable & hoverable text, powered by vanilla's Text component system
• WebP (including animated) image previews
• Custom rich-renderable section to replace image
• Multiple controllers for the same type:
• Sliders or fields for numbers
• Dropdowns, cyclers, or raw text fields for strings
• Tickboxes or ON/OFF text display for booleans
• ...and more!
• Fully-featured color picker
• Accessible with full compatibility for keyboard control (optimised for Controlify usage)
• High organisation with tabs (categories) and collapsable groups
• Built-in serialization/deserialization techniques so you can skip the error-prone config code
• Full alternative Kotlin DSL

Usage

The wiki contains a full documentation on how to use YACL.

Screenshots

License

This mod is under the GNU Lesser General Public License, v3.0.