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JSON

(JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to JSON

YAML TOML Realm.io Firebird ObjectBox MongoDB CouchBase CUBRID Database FerretDB Protobuf

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to JSON are YAML, TOML, and Realm.io. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
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    YAML 1.2 --- YAML: YAML Ain't Markup Language
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Configuration Management #Software Development #Mobile Apps 36 social mentions

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    TOML - Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Configuration Management #Software Development #Mobile Apps 11 social mentions

  3. Realm is a mobile platform and a replacement for SQLite & Core Data. Build offline-first, reactive mobile experiences using simple data sync.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Data Integration #Databases #NoSQL Databases 24 social mentions

  4. Relational database offering many ANSI SQL standard features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platform
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    • Open Source

    #Databases #NoSQL Databases #Relational Databases 3 social mentions

  5. ObjectBox empower edge computing with an edge device database and synchronization solution for Mobile & IoT. Store and sync data from edge to cloud.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Databases #NoSQL Databases #Synchronization 7 social mentions

  6. MongoDB (from "humongous") is a scalable, high-performance NoSQL database.
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    • Open Source

    #NoSQL Databases #Databases #Document Databases 15 social mentions

  7. Document-Oriented NoSQL Database
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    • Open Source

    #NoSQL Databases #Databases #Graph Databases 2 social mentions

  8. CUBRID is a free, open-source database engine, that has powerful built-in enterprise features. CUBRID is a relational database with high-availability and rich SQL syntax.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Databases #NoSQL Databases #Data Integration

  9. FerretDB is an open-source proxy, which is an alternative to MongoDB.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Development #Databases #NoSQL Databases

  10. Protocol buffers are a language-neutral, platform-neutral extensible mechanism for serializing structured data.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Configuration Management #Software Development #Web Servers 82 social mentions

  11. A non-repetitive alternative to YAML
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    • Open Source

    #Configuration Management #Software Development #Mobile Apps 83 social mentions

  12. An efficient binary serialization format.
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    • Open Source

    #Configuration Management #Software Development #Web Servers 13 social mentions

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