Varse

Varse is a tool for updating application variables at runtime. It has a dashboard for managing variables and an SDK for reading variables. It has built-in team managment for sharing configs across a team.

Use Cases

• Feature Flags: Toggle features on and off
• Rollouts: Incrementally rollout features to users
• Environments Specific Config: Set specific variables for each environment

Architecture

Varse has a backend and a dashboard. Variables are created and updated in the dashboard. API Keys are created in the dashboard and used to authenticate requests to the backend. There is a client-side SDK for reading variables in React. There is also a server-side SDK for reading variables in Node.js.

Getting Started

Local Setup

1. Clone the repo
2. Follow README in server to setup Prisma and Postgres
3. Follow README in app to setup the dashboard
4. Visit http://localhost:3000 to view the dashboard
5. Create a variable and API Key in the dashboard
6. Use the SDK to read the variable

Varse Cloud (Recommended)

Get started with Varse Cloud quickly by following these simple steps:

1. Create an Account - Sign up at varse.io/signup
2. Make a Project
3. Create a variable and API Key in the dashboard
4. Use the SDK to read the variable

Varse SDK

The Varse SDK is available client-side or server-side.

Client-side

// App.tsx
import { VarseProvider } from 'varse-io-react'

const App = () => {
  const varseOptions = {
    apiKey: 'pk_00000000000000000000000000000000',
    baseUrl: 'https://api.varse.io',
  }

  return (
    <VarseProvider {...varseOptions}>
      <Component />
    </VarseProvider>
  )
}

// Component.tsx
import { useVarseBool } from 'varse-io-react'

const Component = () => {
  const value = useVarseBool('new_variable')

  return <div>{value ? 'True' : 'False'}</div>
}

Server-side

import { VarseClient } from "varse-io";

const client = new VarseClient({
  apiKey: "pk_00000000000000000000000000000000",
  baseUrl: "https://api.varse.io",
});

const value = await client.getBool("new_variable");