Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to XML

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Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding...

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Summary

The top open-source alternatives to XML are YAML, JSON, and TOML. 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.

YAML Landing Page
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YAML

YAML 1.2 --- YAML: YAML Ain't Markup Language
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Software Development #Configuration Management #Web Tools 42 social mentions
JSON Landing Page
2

JSON

(JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Databases #Data Integration #NoSQL Databases 13 social mentions
TOML Landing Page
3

TOML

TOML - Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Software Development #Configuration Management #Web Servers 11 social mentions
Dhall Configuration Language Landing Page
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Dhall Configuration Language

A non-repetitive alternative to YAML
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Software Development #Blogging #Configuration Management 91 social mentions
Protobuf Landing Page
5

Protobuf

Protocol buffers are a language-neutral, platform-neutral extensible mechanism for serializing structured data.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Software Development #Web Servers #Developer Tools 83 social mentions
Messagepack Landing Page
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Messagepack

An efficient binary serialization format.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Software Development #Configuration Management #Web Servers 14 social mentions
R Markdown Landing Page
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R Markdown

Dynamic Documents for R
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #CMS #Text Editors 4 social mentions
Apache Thrift Landing Page
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Apache Thrift

An interface definition language and communication protocol for creating cross-language services.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Servers #Developer Tools #Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy 13 social mentions
Protocol Buffers Landing Page
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Protocol Buffers

A method for serializing and interchanging structured data.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Software Development #Configuration Management #Web Servers 24 social mentions
VS Code Landing Page
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VS Code

Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 1150 social mentions
Svelte Landing Page
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Svelte

Cybernetically enhanced web apps
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Javascript UI Libraries #JS Library #JavaScript Framework 393 social mentions
Quarto Landing Page
12

Quarto

Open-source scientific and technical publishing system built on Pandoc.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #Blogging #Mobile Apps 42 social mentions