json-c

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "\\mainpage\n\njson-c\n========\n\n1. [Overview and Build Status](#overview)\n2. [Getting Help](#gettinghelp)\n3. [Building on Unix](#buildunix)\n    * [Prerequisites](#installprereq)\n    * [Build commands](#buildcmds)\n4. [CMake options](#CMake)\n5. [Testing](#testing)\n6. [Building with `vcpkg`](#buildvcpkg)\n7. [Building for Android](#android)\n8. [Building for Commodore Amiga or MorphOS](#amiga)\n9. [Linking to libjson-c](#linking)\n10. [Using json-c](#using)\n\n\u003ca name=\"overview\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\nJSON-C - A JSON implementation in C\n-----------------------------------\n\nJSON-C implements a reference counting object model that allows you to easily\nconstruct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings and parse\nJSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects.\nIt aims to conform to [RFC 8259](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8259).\n\nSkip down to [Using json-c](#using)\nor check out the [API docs](https://json-c.github.io/json-c/),\nif you already have json-c installed and ready to use.\n\nHome page for json-c: https://github.com/json-c/json-c/wiki\n\n\u003ca name=\"gettinghelp\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\nGetting Help\n------------\n\nIf you have questions about using json-c, please start a thread on\nour forums at: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/json-c\n\nIf you believe you\u0027ve discovered a bug, report it at \n(https://github.com/json-c/json-c/issues).  Please be sure to include\nthe version of json-c you\u0027re using, the OS you\u0027re running on, and any\nother relevant details.  Fully reproducible test cases and/or patches\nto fix problems are greatly appreciated.\n\nFixes for bugs, or small new features can be directly submitted as a \n[pull request](https://github.com/json-c/json-c/pulls).  For major new\nfeatures or large changes of any kind, please first start a discussion\non the [forums](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/json-c).\n\n\n\u003ca name=\"buildunix\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\nBuilding on Unix with `git`, `gcc` and `cmake`\n--------------------------------------------------\n\nIf you already have json-c installed, see",
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  "why_use_this": "Essential build dependency for C/C++ projects that need standards-compliant JSON support without external runtime dependencies. Lightweight, RFC 8259 conformant, and widely used in systems software, embedded code, and CLI tools. Provides clean C API for constructing, manipulating, and outputting JSON objects."
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