Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Bitwise JSON Parser written in C launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Parson, lighweight json parser in C▲46

   2012 · kgabis.github.com · its alternatives →

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   Jsong: faster than light streaming JSON parser and writer in C▲9

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Very low footprint JSON parser in portable ANSI C▲111

   Very low footprint DOM-style JSON parser written in portable ANSI C - json-parser/json-parser

   2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   A lightweight JSON Parser without memory allocation in ~250 LOC▲9

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A Fast, Malloc-Free C++14 Json Parser and Encoder▲98

   Meta programming utilities for C++14. Merged in matt-42/lithium - matt-42/iod

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   JSON Sharp▲73

   Tool for lazy developers to convert JSON to C# Objects

   2020 · jsontocsharpconverter.web.app · its alternatives →

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   jql – Easier jq Alternative with a Lispy Syntax Written in Go▲217

   Easy JSON Query Processor with a Lispy syntax in Go - cube2222/jql

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A Super Simple JSON CMS▲8

   2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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   JSON Parser in C▲7

   A JSON parser in c with some SIMD optimisation for skipping whitespace. The numerical and string parsing functions split out so they are independantly runnable. They were for me the 2 most difficult to understand how they work and to show how the parser was composed of lots of smaller parsers.

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    jq, a lightweight commandline JSON processor▲5

    2012 · stedolan.github.com · its alternatives →

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    Weird JSON superset with BigInt, Infinity, TypedArray etc▲67

    the JS/Node.JS library for encoding complex and unconventional data structures. Support for BigInts, TypedArrays, null, undefined, and Symbol. Multiple flavors available. - DO-SAY-GO/WeirdJSON

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    JSON Parser▲8

    Awesome way to view JSON.

    2018 · jsonformatter.org · its alternatives →

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    Semi-index - Speed up JSON parsing in MapReduce-like tasks▲9

    Implementation of the JSON semi-index described in the paper "Semi-Indexing Semi-Structured Data in Tiny Space" - ot/semi_index

    2011 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    an order-preserving JSON encoding (so byte-order == value-order)▲7

    2010 · keyjson.org · its alternatives →

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    JSON Editor for macOS▲5

    2022 · theapiscout.com · its alternatives →

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    StaticJSON: fast, direct and static typed parsing of JSON with C++▲18

    Fast, direct and static typed parsing of JSON with C++ - netheril96/StaticJSON

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A REPL for practising bitwise operations, written in Rust▲5

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Muon, a meson implementation written in C▲5

    2021 · sr.ht · its alternatives →

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    Weird JSON▲19

    the JS/Node.JS library for encoding complex and unconventional data structures. Support for BigInts, TypedArrays, null, undefined, and Symbol. Multiple flavors available. - DO-SAY-GO/WeirdJSON

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    JSON as Fast as Binary▲12

    2015 · hperadin.github.io · its alternatives →

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    JsonTree, a tool for turning JSON data into a collapsible html tree▲9

    A lightweight vanilla Javascript micro-library for making collapsible trees with JSON - MaxLeiter/jsonTree

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pretty print invalid JSON (or anything that looks sort of like JSON)▲9

    2021 · prettyprintplease.com · its alternatives →

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    bote - A fast, modern and low-memory approach to processing a big JSON▲5

    A fast, modern and low-memory approach to processing a big JSON - jankdc/bote

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Json parser in 20 lines of bash▲13

    micro json parser. Contribute to izabera/j development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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