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24 alternatives to The Changelog - #189: JSON API with Yehuda Katz

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

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Changelog - #189: JSON API with Yehuda Katz launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1JM
   JSON5 — modern JSON▲64

   2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2JA
   Jason – A new JSON Library for Go▲106

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3JA
   JsonTree, a 3.53kb JavaScript tool for generating html trees from JSON▲78

   2017 · maxleiter.github.io · its alternatives →

4. 4JA
   Javalin, a Java/Kotlin REST API Framework▲50

   2017 · javalin.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   JSON Query▲152

   A tool to query JSON data structures

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6JS
   JSON-Splora, a gui for editing, visualizing, and manipulating JSON data▲54

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7JA
   JSONScript – Asynchronous scripting language using JSON format▲49

   2016 · json-script.com · its alternatives →

8. 8HA
   hulk, an in-browser JSON editor▲25

   2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9LJ
   LJSON: JSON extended with pure functions▲39

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10FF
    ffjson: faster json serialization in Go▲83

    2014 · journal.paul.querna.org · its alternatives →

11. 11CL
    Command-line JSON processing tool▲32

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12JA
    JsonTree, a tool for turning JSON data into a collapsible html tree▲9

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13HA
    Hug – A radically simple approach to creating HTTP/JSON APIs in Python▲11

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14JT
    JSON-to-JSON mapping done easily▲14

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15JA
    JSONPlus: a json parser with self reference and templating▲7

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16SA
    Shunter – a Node.js application to read JSON and translate it into HTML▲33

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17IA
    ION, a JSON alternative – Versatile, compact, fast, binary data format▲29

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18JQ
    Jstruct – Quick and easy declarative JSON transformations▲5

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19IL
    iZettle/Lift – Swift library for working with JSON-like structures▲8

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20DA
    Derulo, a tool for manipulating JSON files▲41

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21AS
    A simple API to store and retrieve JSON objects▲18

    2015 · openbucket.io · its alternatives →

22. 22AC
    A collective list of APIs – apilist.fun▲12

    2017 · docs.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23JT
    JSON toolkit for quick data pipelines▲5

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24GA
    GraphQL and jq inspired JSON processing tool (CLI+Browser)▲9

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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