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Top 6 C CBOR Projects

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  1. tinycbor

    Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) Library

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  3. libxo

    The libxo library allows an application to generate text, XML, JSON, and HTML output using a common set of function calls. The application decides at run time which output style should be produced.

    Project mention: 3-JSON | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-25

    I wouldn't have said this is anything new.

    FreeBSD has libxo[0] integrated into some of its tools:

    [0] https://github.com/Juniper/libxo

  4. QCBOR

    Comprehensive, powerful, commercial-quality CBOR encoder/ decoder that is still suited for small devices.

  5. NanoCBOR

    CBOR library aimed at heavily constrained devices

  6. cbor

    An implementation of CBOR in C (by libmcu)

  7. wolfCOSE

    Fast, lightweight COSE + CBOR implementation for embedded systems. Supports PQC, FIPS 140-3, and MISRA C. Powered by wolfSSL. (by aidangarske)

    Project mention: Show HN: WolfCOSE, a zero alloc C COSE with multi-sign/recipient, and PQC | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-05
NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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  • wolfSSL releases a new product; wolfCOSE a zero alloc C embbedded COSE stack

    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 May 2026

  • Show HN: WolfCOSE, a zero alloc C COSE with multi-sign/recipient, and PQC

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 5 May 2026

  • WolfCOSE: Zero alloc, PQC, MISRA-C, FIPS 140-3 built with wolfCrypt

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 3 May 2026

  • Libxo: Generate text/XML/JSON structured output in one code path

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Feb 2023

  • jemi: a compact JSON serializer for embedded systems

    11 projects | /r/embedded | 5 Oct 2022

  • Libxo: Library for Generating Text, XML, JSON, and HTML Output

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Oct 2022

  • Libxo – A Library for Generating Text, XML, JSON, and HTML Output

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Dec 2021
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Index

What are some of the best open-source CBOR projects in C? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 tinycbor 612
2 libxo 344
3 QCBOR 231
4 NanoCBOR 56
5 cbor 54
6 wolfCOSE 5

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