TOML

TOML
Filename extension
.toml
Internet media type
application/toml
Developed by
Initial release23 February 2013 (2013-02-23)
Latest release
1.1.0
18 December 2025 (18 December 2025)
Type of formatData interchange
Open format?Yes
Websitetoml.io

Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language (TOML, originally Tom's Own Markup Language) is a file format for configuration files. It is designed to be easy to read and write by being minimal (unlike the more-complex YAML) and by using human-readable syntax. The project standardizes the implementation of the ubiquitous INI file format (which it has largely supplanted), removing ambiguity from its interpretation. Originally created by Tom Preston-Werner, the TOML specification is open source. TOML is used in a number of software projects and is implemented by all popular programming languages.