kotlinx.serialization VS ktor

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

kotlinx.serialization

Kotlin multiplatform / multi-format serialization (by Kotlin)

ktor

Framework for quickly creating connected applications in Kotlin with minimal effort (by ktorio)
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kotlinx.serialization ktor
52 48
5,099 12,223
1.4% 1.5%
8.5 9.5
about 12 hours ago 7 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.

ktor

Posts with mentions or reviews of ktor. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-08.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing kotlinx.serialization and ktor 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.

Quarkus - Quarkus: Supersonic Subatomic Java.

Moshi - A modern JSON library for Kotlin and Java.

http4k - The Functional toolkit for Kotlin HTTP applications. http4k provides a simple and uniform way to serve, consume, and test HTTP services.

klaxon - A JSON parser for Kotlin

javalin - A simple and modern Java and Kotlin web framework [Moved to: https://github.com/javalin/javalin]

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

vertx-lang-kotlin - Vert.x 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spring-native - Spring Native is now superseded by Spring Boot 3 official native support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.

Jooby - The modular web framework for Java and Kotlin