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yajl

brew install yajl v2.1.0 ISC

C library for parsing and generating JSON with a streaming API.

Why you might care

YAJL is a lightweight, event-driven JSON parser useful when you need to process large JSON files without loading them entirely into memory. It's commonly a build dependency for other tools and libraries that need JSON parsing capabilities. Choose it if you need a minimal C library with low overhead rather than a full JSON toolkit.

Categories

library parser json-tool

Alternatives

jansson jq json-c
1.8k
30-day installs · #1035
12.0k
90-day · #735
47.8k
365-day · #706

Build dependencies

cmake

Links

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