The best SwiftyJSON alternatives
8 tools that do a similar job to SwiftyJSON, 8 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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SwiftyJSONA Swift library that makes reading JSON data simpler and safer than Foundation's built-in parsing.
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Alamofire
Open source · MIT · ★ 42.4k
A Swift library that makes HTTP network requests in apps simpler to write.
Best for: Swift developers building iOS or macOS apps that call web APIs; Teams who want built-in retry, authentication and response validation without writing that logic from scratch
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JSON for Modern C++
Open source · MIT · ★ 50.8k
A single-header C++ library for reading, writing and manipulating JSON data.
Best for: C++ developers who need to read or write JSON in an application; Teams that want a library with no dependencies and a simple header-based setup
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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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SwifterSwift
Open source · MIT · ★ 15.3k
A library of over 500 ready-made Swift extensions that add handy helper methods to common types.
Best for: Swift developers building iOS or macOS apps who want common helper methods ready to use; Teams that want to pick only the extension groups they need, such as UIKit or CoreLocation
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SVProgressHUD
Open source · MIT · ★ 12.4k
A simple progress and status overlay for iOS and tvOS apps, written in Objective-C.
Best for: iOS developers who need a quick loading indicator for a blocking task; Developers maintaining Objective-C codebases that want a drop-in HUD
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Eureka
Open source · MIT · ★ 11.8k
A Swift library for building iOS settings-style forms with less boilerplate.
Best for: iOS developers building form-heavy screens in Swift; Teams migrating an XLForm-based Objective-C or Swift app to Swift
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FSCalendar
Open source · MIT · ★ 10.6k
A customizable calendar view control for iOS apps, usable from Objective-C or Swift.
Best for: iOS developers who need a calendar or date-picker view in their app; Teams with existing Objective-C code that also want Swift support
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ky
Open source · MIT · ★ 17.1k
A tiny HTTP client for JavaScript that wraps the Fetch API with simpler calls and error handling.
Best for: JavaScript or TypeScript developers who already use fetch and want less boilerplate; Projects that call a REST API and want JSON parsing and error handling in one call
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 SwiftyJSON. We don't take payment for placement.