Get YINI Tools

Choose a YINI tool based on what you want to do: work from the terminal, load YINI in an application, add editor highlighting, or test a parser implementation.

Get started Try the Playground

Choose a tool

The main YINI tools are listed here with the shortest useful install or run command. Each card also links to its package page and source repository where available.

Terminal and CI Official

YINI CLI

Validate, inspect, and convert YINI files from your command line, local scripts, or CI workflow.

Install or run

npx yini-cli --help

CLI docs npm GitHub

Node.js apps Primary parser

TypeScript / JavaScript parser

Load YINI files as application data in TypeScript, JavaScript, and Node.js projects.

Install or run

npm install yini-parser

Parser docs npm GitHub

Python apps Beta

Python parser

Parse YINI configuration files from Python and work with the result as native Python data.

Install or run

pip install yini-parser

Parser docs PyPI GitHub

Parser authors Compatibility

YINI Test Suite

Check parser behavior against shared YINI test cases when building or maintaining an implementation.

Install or run

python -m pip install yini-test-suite

Test suite docs PyPI GitHub

Need a parser?

Compare the available language implementations before choosing one for your project.

View parser overview

No install needed?

Use the browser playground to try YINI syntax and parsed output before adding a tool locally.

Open the Playground

Looking for everything?

The Wiki remains the broader catalog for additional tools, implementations, and ecosystem notes.

View all tools and implementations ↗

Keep going

➡️ Get Started
Create your first YINI file and parse it locally.
➡️ Try the Playground
Experiment with YINI before installing a tool.
➡️ YINI Specification
Read the formal syntax and behavior rules.