Alternatives

Products that do what ION, a JSON alternative – Versatile, compact, fast, binary data format does

1JA
Jsn – A relaxed, user-friendly JSON-like data format▲18
2019 · github.com
2AF
A fast JSON library for Go▲119
2021 · github.com
3JM
JSON5 — modern JSON▲64
2012 · github.com
4SA
Squirrelbyte – a SQLite-based JSON document server▲118
2021 · squirrelbyte.com
5JA
Jason – A new JSON Library for Go▲106
2014 · github.com
6JA
JSONlite – A simple, serverless, zero-configuration JSON document store▲74
2017 · github.com
7AF
A Fast, Malloc-Free C++14 Json Parser and Encoder▲98
2014 · github.com
8PF
Pantry – Free JSON Storage for Personal Projects▲105
2020 · getpantry.cloud
9CL
Command-line JSON processing tool▲32
2018 · github.com
10SG
Sir – Git-diff-able JSON database on yer filesystem▲115
2020 · github.com
11JS
JSON-Splora, a gui for editing, visualizing, and manipulating JSON data▲54
2016 · github.com
12JA
JsonTree, a 3.53kb JavaScript tool for generating html trees from JSON▲78
2017 · maxleiter.github.io
13MA
MistQL, a mini-language for querying JSON-like structures▲55
2021 · mistql.com
14FF
ffjson: faster json serialization in Go▲83
2014 · journal.paul.querna.org
15TL
Teleport – Lightweight JSON types▲26
2014 · teleport-json.org
16BA
Bytejail – an alternative data storage▲43
2016 · bytejail.com
17JA
JQL – A JSON Query Language CLI Tool Built with Rust▲25
2020 · crates.io
18LJ
LJSON: JSON extended with pure functions▲39
2015 · github.com
19JT
JSON toolkit for quick data pipelines▲5
2019 · github.com
20HA
hulk, an in-browser JSON editor▲25
2013 · github.com
21MO
Minimalist Open Source JSON formatter app▲13
2020 · jsonformatter.live
22JT
JSON-to-JSON mapping done easily▲14
2019 · github.com
23JA
JsonTree, a tool for turning JSON data into a collapsible html tree▲9
2016 · github.com
24BA
bote - A fast, modern and low-memory approach to processing a big JSON▲5
Jun 2026 · github.com

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