The best JSON for Modern C++ alternatives
4 tools that do a similar job to JSON for Modern C++, 4 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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JSON for Modern C++A single-header C++ library for reading, writing and manipulating JSON data.
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SwiftyJSON
Open source · MIT · ★ 22.9k
A Swift library that makes reading JSON data simpler and safer than Foundation's built-in parsing.
Best for: Swift developers building iOS, macOS, tvOS or watchOS apps that read JSON from web APIs; Teams maintaining existing projects that already use SwiftyJSON
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GJSON
Open source · MIT · ★ 15.6k
A fast Go library for pulling values out of JSON using simple dot-style paths.
Best for: Go developers who need a few fields from a JSON response without writing struct definitions; Services that read large JSON payloads and want to avoid full unmarshalling for simple lookups
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cpp-httplib
Open source · MIT · ★ 17k
A single-header C++11 library for building HTTP/HTTPS servers and clients.
Best for: C++ developers who need a simple embedded HTTP server or client without a large framework; Projects that want to avoid a complex build setup by using a single header file
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EnTT
Open source · MIT · ★ 13.2k
A header-only C++ library for entity-component systems and other game-programming tools.
Best for: C++ game developers who want an ECS; Developers building simulations or engines who need a data-oriented entity store
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to JSON for Modern C++. We don't take payment for placement.