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johnezang/JSONKit

Objective-C JSON observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/johnezang/JSONKit · Objective-C observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5881
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 2110
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

6176 stars · 1623 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

JSONKit is a very high performance Objective-C JSON parsing and serializing library for Mac OS X and iOS. It predates and outperformed NSJSONSerialization but has not been actively maintained since around 2011.

Use cases

  • parse json in objective-c on ios
  • serialize nsdictionary to json fast
  • high performance json parsing for ios apps
  • convert json to nsarray and nsdictionary
  • faster alternative to nsjsonserialization

When to choose

  • you are maintaining a legacy Objective-C codebase already using JSONKit
  • you need maximum JSON parse/serialize speed on old iOS targets

When to avoid

  • starting a new project - use NSJSONSerialization instead
  • you need maintained, supported code with a clear license file
  • you target modern Swift-first codebases

Facets

library · maturity abandoned

serialization parser developer-tools apis mobile-development cpp objective-c json high-performance legacy macos ios

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Member repositories

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