TOML Frontmatter
Planted:
Tended:
Despite the popular frontmatter choice being YAML, I am not a fan of YAML, and I am a fan of TOML. I’ve been using it for frontmatter since ~2014 when I created a Hugo site, converting a ton of old database-bound content into markdown with TOML metadata.
Instead of the usual YAML delimited of ---
(three dashes), the normal convention with TOML is to use +++
(three pluses).
TOML Spec and Libraries
Tools Supporting TOML Frontmatter
Site Generators
Configuration files
- CloudFlare’s
wrangler.toml
- Rust uses
Cargo.toml
- Netlify supports
netlify.toml