parse-json vs js-yaml

parse-json

Parse JSON with more helpful errors (by sindresorhus)

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js-yaml

JavaScript YAML parser and dumper. Very fast. (by nodeca)

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parse-json		js-yaml
	Project
-	Mentions	4
336	Stars	6,185
-	Growth	0.8%
6.3	Activity	0.0
about 2 months ago	Latest Commit	3 months ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
MIT License	License	MIT License

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

js-yaml

Posts with mentions or reviews of js-yaml. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-04.

Building a Custom YAML Loader for Webpack
4 projects | dev.to | 4 Jan 2023

Parse the source string. We're using js-yaml for this.
Using Rust to not have to touch Yaml in k8s land
6 projects | /r/rust | 11 Jul 2022

Character limit is not enforced, and in practice, popular yaml implementations such as yaml/js-yaml don't impose any fixed limit.
TheActionDev - v3
3 projects | dev.to | 26 Jun 2022

The main reason behind this release is native YAML support in front-matter thanks to js-yaml library. This means you have to assign the tags key as yaml arrays otherwise, Action will throw an error or ignore the assigned tags.
Export Bear Notes to Markdown Files
5 projects | dev.to | 16 Jun 2021

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What are some alternatives?

When comparing parse-json and js-yaml you can also consider the following projects:

xlsx-populate - Excel XLSX parser/generator written in JavaScript with Node.js and browser support, jQuery/d3-style method chaining, encryption, and a focus on keeping existing workbook features and styles in tact.

PEG.js - PEG.js: Parser generator for JavaScript

markdown-it - Markdown parser, done right. 100% CommonMark support, extensions, syntax plugins & high speed

csv-parser - Streaming csv parser inspired by binary-csv that aims to be faster than everyone else

marked - A markdown parser and compiler. Built for speed.

strip-json-comments - Strip comments from JSON. Lets you use comments in your JSON files!

URI.js - Javascript URL mutation library

Jison - Bison in JavaScript.

JSONStream

fast-xml-parser - Validate XML, Parse XML and Build XML rapidly without C/C++ based libraries and no callback.