5 alternatives to json
nlohmann/json — JSON for Modern C++ (50,786 stars, MIT, dev-tools, files, integration).
These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It also serves 57 licence-cleared components from nlohmann/json itself.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tomnomnom/gron | 5.0 | MIT | 14,527 |
| 2 | typicode/lowdb | 8.8 | MIT | 22,586 |
| 3 | rs/zerolog | 4.9 | MIT | 12,522 |
| 4 | gajus/roarr | 4.3 | BSD-3-Clause | 1,137 |
| 5 | pinojs/pino | 4.5 | MIT | 18,266 |
The alternatives in detail
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Make JSON greppable!score 5.0/10 · MIT permissive · 14,527 stars · 7 components · search them
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Simple and fast JSON databasescore 8.8/10 · MIT permissive · 22,586 stars · 8 components · search them
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Zero Allocation JSON Loggerscore 4.9/10 · MIT permissive · 12,522 stars · 40 components · search them
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JSON logger for Node.js and browser.score 4.3/10 · BSD-3-Clause permissive · 1,137 stars · 11 components · search them
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🌲 super fast, all natural json loggerscore 4.5/10 · MIT permissive · 18,266 stars · 33 components · search them
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