kotlinx.serialization VS Gson

Compare kotlinx.serialization vs Gson and see what are their differences.

kotlinx.serialization

Kotlin multiplatform / multi-format serialization (by Kotlin)

Gson

A Java serialization/deserialization library to convert Java Objects into JSON and back (by google)
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kotlinx.serialization Gson
52 27
5,088 22,929
1.4% 0.4%
8.5 9.1
2 days ago 11 days ago
Kotlin Java
Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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kotlinx.serialization

Posts with mentions or reviews of kotlinx.serialization. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-01.

Gson

Posts with mentions or reviews of Gson. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-18.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing kotlinx.serialization and Gson you can also consider the following projects:

jackson-module-kotlin - Module that adds support for serialization/deserialization of Kotlin (http://kotlinlang.org) classes and data classes.

Moshi - A modern JSON library for Kotlin and Java.

Jackson - Core part of Jackson that defines Streaming API as well as basic shared abstractions

klaxon - A JSON parser for Kotlin

jsoniter - jsoniter (json-iterator) is fast and flexible JSON parser available in Java and Go

spring-native - Spring Native is now superseded by Spring Boot 3 official native support

Jackson JSON Processor - Main Portal page for the Jackson project

kotlin-json - A JavaScript Object Notation library for Kotlin JVM.

Genson - Genson a fast & modular Java <> Json library

compose-multiplatform - Compose Multiplatform, a modern UI framework for Kotlin that makes building performant and beautiful user interfaces easy and enjoyable.

Yasson - Eclipse Yasson project