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circe/circe

Yet another JSON library for Scala observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/circe/circe · homepage · Scala · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

90/100

  • Activity 94
  • Release rhythm 78
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 80.5
  • age_days: 4051
  • days_rel: 70
  • days_push: 41
  • n_releases_24m: 7

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2542 stars · 546 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

circe is a JSON library for Scala and Scala.js providing a JSON AST, encoders/decoders (codecs), and automatic derivation for case classes and sealed traits. It builds on cats and uses Jawn or Jackson for fast parsing and printing.

Use cases

  • serialize case classes to JSON in Scala
  • parse JSON responses into typed Scala models
  • auto-derive JSON codecs for case classes and sealed traits
  • handle JSON in Scala.js browser apps
  • high-throughput JSON processing in Scala services

When to choose

  • you're writing Scala or Scala.js and need idiomatic, type-safe JSON handling
  • you want automatic codec derivation without runtime reflection
  • you need fast parsing for high-throughput services
  • your project already uses cats

When to avoid

  • you're not on the JVM/Scala ecosystem
  • you need a minimal JSON library without cats dependency
  • you work in a non-Scala JVM language like Java or Kotlin

Facets

library · maturity stable

serialization parser developer-tools web-development apis jvm wasm scala codec-derivation cats scala-js

3 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
circe/circemain90

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