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GJSON vs jsoniter

Compare two Go packages using the same scoring model: maintenance, adoption, security, maturity, developer experience, and data confidence.

GJSON jsoniter Go JSON Libraries

Quick Decision

GJSON currently leads this comparison by the weighted health model.

94

GJSON

Package gjson provides searching for json strings.

94
Maintenance 90
Adoption 100
Security 92
Maturity 94
Developer DX 91
Confidence 100

jsoniter

Package jsoniter implements encoding and decoding of JSON as defined in RFC 4627 and provides interfaces with identical syntax of standard lib encoding/json.

71
Maintenance 12
Adoption 100
Security 92
Maturity 94
Developer DX 97
Confidence 100

Metric Table

side by side
Metric GJSON jsoniter Lead
Health 94 71 GJSON
Maintenance 90 12 GJSON
Adoption 100 100 Tie
Security 92 92 Tie
Maturity 94 94 Tie
Imported by10.4K17.7Kjsoniter
Stars15.5K13.9KGJSON
Last activity14 days ago2 years agoReview dates
Known vuln records00Tie

Choose GJSON if

You prefer its current score profile and the package fits your framework or API style.

Its maintenance, adoption, and security signals match your project risk tolerance.

Choose jsoniter if

You prefer its current score profile and the package fits your framework or API style.

Its maintenance, adoption, and security signals match your project risk tolerance.