# haidalinda/Gloss

[Deprecated] A shiny JSON parsing library in Swift :sparkles: Loved by many from 2015-2021

Repository: https://github.com/haidalinda/Gloss
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gloss
Homepage: https://hkellaway.github.io/blog/2020/08/30/tale-of-third-parties
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: json, json-parsing, swift
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-02-08T05:44:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4048, "days_push": 2032, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1609, forks 134 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:10.833059+00:00)

## What it is
Gloss is a JSON parsing library for Swift that was popular from 2015 to 2021. It is now deprecated in favor of Swift's built-in Codable framework and only receives updates to support migration.

## Use cases
- parse json in swift
- decode json models in ios app
- migrate gloss models to codable
- serialize swift structs to json
- maintain legacy swift json parsing code

## When to choose
- you are maintaining an existing codebase that already uses Gloss
- you need migration helpers to move Gloss models to Codable

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new Swift project - use Codable instead
- you need an actively maintained JSON library
- you need JSON parsing on non-Apple platforms

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: serialization, parser
- domain: developer-tools, mobile-development
- platform: -
- tags: json-parsing, deprecated, codable-migration, swift, ios, macos

## Member repositories
- haidalinda/Gloss (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:10.833059+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:51:16.626506+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/haidalinda/Gloss (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:10.833059+00:00, sha a023abf4912a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.