diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75050de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+/*
+   Package config is a simple tool to handle key-value config, like Redis's configuration:
+
+       # commet
+       key = value
+
+*/
+package config
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var (
+	ErrNil = errors.New("nil value")
+)
+
+type Config struct {
+	Values map[string]string
+}
+
+func NewConfig() *Config {
+	c := &Config{}
+	c.Values = make(map[string]string)
+	return c
+}
+
+/*
+   bool: true, false, 0, 1, or ""
+*/
+func (c *Config) GetBool(key string) (bool, error) {
+	v, err := c.GetString(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	v = strings.ToLower(v)
+	switch v {
+	case "true", "1":
+		return true, nil
+	case "false", "0", "":
+		return false, nil
+	default:
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("invalid bool format %s", v)
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+   int may be pure number or below format:
+
+       # 1k => 1000 bytes
+       # 1kb => 1024 bytes
+       # 1m => 1000000 bytes
+       # 1mb => 1024*1024 bytes
+       # 1g => 1000000000 bytes
+       # 1gb => 1024*1024*1024 bytes
+
+*/
+func (c *Config) GetInt64(key string) (int64, error) {
+	v, err := c.GetString(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	if len(v) == 0 {
+		return 0, ErrNil
+	}
+
+	var scale int64 = 1
+	v = strings.ToLower(v)
+
+	var b bool = false
+	if v[len(v)-1] == 'b' {
+		v = v[0 : len(v)-1]
+		b = true
+	}
+
+	if len(v) == 0 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid number format %s", v)
+	}
+
+	switch v[len(v)-1] {
+	case 'k':
+		v = v[0 : len(v)-1]
+		if b {
+			scale = 1024
+		} else {
+			scale = 1000
+		}
+		break
+	case 'm':
+		v = v[0 : len(v)-1]
+		if b {
+			scale = 1024 * 1024
+		} else {
+			scale = 1000 * 1000
+		}
+	case 'g':
+		v = v[0 : len(v)-1]
+		if b {
+			scale = 1024 * 1024 * 1024
+		} else {
+			scale = 1000 * 1000 * 1000
+		}
+	}
+
+	var n int64
+	n, err = strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	return n * scale, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Config) GetUint64(key string) (uint64, error) {
+	v, err := c.GetInt64(key)
+	if v < 0 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("negative number %d", v)
+	}
+	return uint64(v), err
+}
+
+func (c *Config) GetInt(key string) (int, error) {
+	v, err := c.GetInt64(key)
+	return int(v), err
+}
+
+func (c *Config) GetString(key string) (string, error) {
+	v, ok := c.Values[key]
+	if !ok {
+		return "", ErrNil
+	} else {
+		return v, nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Config) SetString(key string, value string) {
+	c.Values[key] = value
+}
+
+func (c *Config) SetInt64(key string, n int64) {
+	c.Values[key] = strconv.FormatInt(n, 10)
+}
+
+func (c *Config) SetUint64(key string, n uint64) {
+	c.Values[key] = strconv.FormatUint(n, 10)
+}
+
+func (c *Config) SetInt(key string, n int) {
+	c.SetInt64(key, int64(n))
+}
+
+func (c *Config) SetBool(key string, v bool) {
+	if v {
+		c.Values[key] = "true"
+	} else {
+		c.Values[key] = "false"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51744e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func testConfig(cfg *Config, t *testing.T) {
+	if v, err := cfg.GetBool("a"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	} else if v != true {
+		t.Fatal(v)
+	}
+
+	checkInt := func(t *testing.T, cfg *Config, key string, check int) {
+		if v, err := cfg.GetInt(key); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		} else if v != check {
+			t.Fatal(fmt.Sprintf("%s %d != %d", key, v, check))
+		}
+	}
+
+	checkInt(t, cfg, "b", 100)
+	checkInt(t, cfg, "kb", 1024)
+	checkInt(t, cfg, "k", 1000)
+	checkInt(t, cfg, "mb", 1024*1024)
+	checkInt(t, cfg, "m", 1000*1000)
+	checkInt(t, cfg, "gb", 1024*1024*1024)
+	checkInt(t, cfg, "g", 1000*1000*1000)
+}
+
+func TestGetConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := NewConfig()
+	cfg.Values["a"] = "true"
+	cfg.Values["b"] = "100"
+	cfg.Values["kb"] = "1kb"
+	cfg.Values["k"] = "1k"
+	cfg.Values["mb"] = "1mb"
+	cfg.Values["m"] = "1m"
+	cfg.Values["gb"] = "1gb"
+	cfg.Values["g"] = "1g"
+
+	testConfig(cfg, t)
+}
+
+func TestReadWriteConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	var b = []byte(`
+            # comment
+            a = true
+            b = 100
+            kb = 1kb
+            k = 1k
+            mb = 1mb
+            m = 1m
+            gb = 1gb
+            g = 1g
+        `)
+
+	cfg, err := ReadConfig(b)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	testConfig(cfg, t)
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+
+	if err := cfg.Write(&buf); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	cfg.Values = make(map[string]string)
+	if err := cfg.Read(&buf); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	testConfig(cfg, t)
+}
diff --git a/config/read.go b/config/read.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c61b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/read.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func ReadConfigFile(name string) (*Config, error) {
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return ReadConfig(data)
+
+}
+
+func ReadConfig(data []byte) (*Config, error) {
+	cfg := NewConfig()
+
+	if err := cfg.Read(bytes.NewBuffer(data)); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return cfg, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Config) Read(r io.Reader) error {
+	rb := bufio.NewReaderSize(r, 4096)
+
+	for {
+		l, err := rb.ReadString('\n')
+		if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
+			return err
+		} else if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+
+		l = strings.TrimSpace(l)
+		if len(l) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		//comment
+		if l[0] == '#' {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		ps := strings.Split(l, "=")
+		if len(ps) > 2 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid line format %s", l)
+		} else if len(ps) == 1 {
+			c.SetString(ps[0], "")
+		} else {
+			c.SetString(strings.TrimSpace(ps[0]), strings.TrimSpace(ps[1]))
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/config/write.go b/config/write.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2044439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/write.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func (c *Config) Write(w io.Writer) error {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+
+	for k, v := range c.Values {
+		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s = %s\n", k, v))
+	}
+
+	_, err := w.Write(buf.Bytes())
+	return err
+}
+
+func (c *Config) WriteFile(filePath string) error {
+	filePathBak := fmt.Sprintf("%s.bak.tmp", filePath)
+
+	fd, err := os.OpenFile(filePathBak, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, os.ModePerm)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = c.Write(fd)
+	fd.Close()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return os.Rename(filePathBak, filePath)
+}