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24 alternatives to Meson, a C build system

The Meson Build System. Contribute to mesonbuild/meson development by creating an account on GitHub.

Meson is a build system designed to make software compilation faster and easier. It automates the process of converting source code into executable programs and libraries. The tool is intended for software developers… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Meson, a C build system launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   APIs With GitHub▲276

   Create simple JSON APIs with GitHub Repository

   2019 · apiwithgithub.com · its alternatives →

2. 2PL
   Parson, lighweight json parser in C▲46

   2012 · kgabis.github.com · its alternatives →

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   JSON5 — modern JSON▲64

   JSON5 — JSON for Humans. Contribute to json5/json5 development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Jb / json.bash – Command-line tool (and bash library) that creates JSON▲183

   jb is a UNIX tool that creates JSON, for shell scripts or interactive use. Its "one thing" is to get shell-native data (environment variables, files, program output) to somewhere else, using JSON encapsulate it robustly. I wrote this because I wanted a robust and ergonomic way to create ad-hoc JSON data from the command line and scripts. I wanted errors to not pass silently, not coerce data types, not put secrets into argv. I wanted to leverage shell features/patterns like process substitution, environment variables, reading/streaming from files and null-terminated data. If you…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   heroku.json, our Sunday hack project▲74

   Setting up Heroku apps made easy. Contribute to rainforestapp/heroku.json development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Jason – A new JSON Library for Go▲106

   Easy-to-use JSON Library for Go. Contribute to antonholmquist/jason development by creating an account on GitHub.

   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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   Verify JSON using minimal schema▲91

   verify-json. Contribute to yusufnb/verify-json development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2020 · 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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    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 →

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    JSONverify▲92

    A web tool that validates and format JSON objects

    2021 · jsonverify.com · its alternatives →

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    JSON Master▲82

    Format, repair, convert, and visualize JSON, XML, YAML, CSV, and TOML. Free developer platform with advanced visualizers and AI-powered syntax repair.

    2020 · jsonmaster.com · its alternatives →

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    Generate JSON▲77

    AI-generated dummy JSON - deploy in seconds

    2023 · jsonviewer.stack.hu · its alternatives →

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    Python JSON library in Rust, faster than ujson▲40

    Fast, correct Python JSON library supporting dataclasses, datetimes, and numpy - ijl/orjson

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Generate JSON mock data for testing/initial app development▲103

    Easily create complex JSON data structures using intuitive templates.

    2023 · jsongenerator.io · its alternatives →

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    JSONSchema to TypeScript compiler▲72

    Compile JSON Schema to TypeScript type declarations - bcherny/json-schema-to-typescript

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    JsonTree, a 3.53kb JavaScript tool for generating html trees from JSON▲78

    a lightweight dependency free javascript micro-library for making collapsable trees with JSON

    2017 · maxleiter.github.io · its alternatives →

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    JSON-based standard for job posts▲30

    JSON-based standard for job posts. Contribute to lukasz-madon/json-job development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    JSON toolkit for quick data pipelines▲5

    JSON Toolkit. Contribute to sisyphean-labs/json-toolkit development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    SJSON – a fast and simple way to set a value in JSON▲11

    Set JSON values very quickly in Go. Contribute to tidwall/sjson development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I made a tool which fixes broken JSONs▲29

    2024 · prakhar897.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Command-line JSON processing tool▲32

    Terminal JSON viewer & processor. Contribute to antonmedv/fx development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Wrote a JSON parser from scratch in go▲22

    First time ever working on something like this, check it out

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    JSON Resume▲5

    For developers, by developers.

    2019 · jsonresume.org · its alternatives →

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