kotlinx.serialization VS kotlinx-datetime

Compare kotlinx.serialization vs kotlinx-datetime and see what are their differences.

kotlinx.serialization

Kotlin multiplatform / multi-format serialization (by Kotlin)

kotlinx-datetime

KotlinX multiplatform date/time library (by Kotlin)
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kotlinx.serialization kotlinx-datetime
52 4
5,063 2,151
2.2% 3.6%
8.5 8.5
1 day ago 3 days ago
Kotlin Kotlin
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.

kotlinx-datetime

Posts with mentions or reviews of kotlinx-datetime. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-24.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing kotlinx.serialization and kotlinx-datetime 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.

klaxon - A JSON parser for Kotlin

Gson - A Java serialization/deserialization library to convert Java Objects into JSON and back

koda-time - Joda Time and Java 8 Time Extensions for Kotlin

spring-native - Spring Native is now superseded by Spring Boot 3 official native support

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

klock - Multiplatform Date and time library for Kotlin

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

koin - Koin - a pragmatic lightweight dependency injection framework for Kotlin & Kotlin Multiplatform

Kotlin-Multiplatform-Libraries - Kotlin Multiplatform Libraries. Welcome PR if you find or create new Kotlin Multiplatform Library.

xmlutil - XML Serialization library for Kotlin