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. jq, a lightweight commandline JSON processor launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Jsong: faster than light streaming JSON parser and writer in C▲9

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   The Changelog - #189: JSON API with Yehuda Katz▲66

   Yehuda's start as a programmer and the spec for building API

   2016 · changelog.com · its alternatives →

4. 4AS
   A Super Simple JSON CMS▲8

   2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

5. 5TJ
   The JSON processor jq running in the browser with emscripten▲8

   2017 · fiatjaf.alhur.es · 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 →

7. 7NJ
   Noise – JSON search engine library▲6

   2017 · noisesearch.org · its alternatives →

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   The Simplest ML API▲7

   2021 · doc.clickup.com · its alternatives →

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   JSON Editor for macOS▲5

   2022 · theapiscout.com · its alternatives →

10. 10AP
    A privacy-focused JSON pretty printer▲8

    2018 · nicejson.com · its alternatives →

11. 11BJ
    Bitwise JSON Parser written in C▲6

    2014 · web.cs.dal.ca · its alternatives →

12. 12CA
    Choral, a Java-compatible language for type-safe multiparty protocols▲7

    2020 · choral-lang.org · its alternatives →

13. 13JH
    JSONator – HTTP endpoints for mock data▲7

    2014 · jsonator.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

14. 14JA
    Jhall – A JavaScript Alternative to Dhall▲5

    2020 · npmjs.com · 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 →

16. 16CA
    Clause: an expressive JavaScript contract system, inspired by clojure.spec▲8

    2017 · clause.js.org · its alternatives →

17. 17JA
    Jongo, a RESTful JDBC Interface Server▲7

    2011 · code.google.com · its alternatives →

18. 18AR
    An REPL oriented testing framework for Clojure(script)▲7

    2021 · fctorial.github.io · its alternatives →

19. 19PJ
    Page.json – An open standard for representing UI▲5

    The effortless way to control AI

    13d ago · wuwei.us · its alternatives →

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    Pq, a unixy generic protobuf parser▲6

    a command-line Protobuf parser with Kafka support and JSON output - sevagh/pq

    2017 · github.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 →

22. 22ZS
    ZipWhois: Simple JSON Whois API and Domain API▲6

    2014 · zipwhois.com · its alternatives →

23. 23CA
    Crsh – A JavaScript based command line shell▲9

    2020 · crwi.uk · its alternatives →

24. 24FA
    Fallen: A simpler daemon library for Ruby processes.▲6

    2012 · inkel.github.com · its alternatives →

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