I was mainly using TOML as an example of a config format in contrast to JSON, I wouldn't say it's definitely the answer. Nesting is possible with TOML, but I'd

I was mainly using TOML as an example of a config format in contrast to JSON, I wouldn't say it's definitely the answer. Nesting is possible with TOML, but I'd agree that it could get pretty awkward depending on your needs: https://github.com/toml-lang/toml#array-of-tables https://github.com/toml-lang/toml#array-of-tables for example. I personally don't mind YAML all that much either, although the spec is pretty large.