yaml/libyaml
Canonical source repository for LibYAML observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
81/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 49
- Longevity 100
Flags: prerelease_only no_readme
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: 5418
- days_rel: 131
- days_push: 12
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
1154 stars · 367 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
LibYAML is a C library implementing a YAML 1.1 parser and emitter. It exposes event-based parsing and emitting APIs, with object construction left to bindings and applications.
Use cases
- parse YAML files in C
- emit YAML from a C program
- build language bindings for YAML
- stream-parse YAML documents as events
- embed YAML support in a native application
When to choose
- you need a fast, low-level YAML parser in C or C++
- you are building bindings for another language (e.g. PyYAML)
- you want event-based streaming parse/emit rather than full object mapping
When to avoid
- you want automatic mapping of YAML to native objects
- you need YAML 1.2 features
- you prefer a higher-level library in a scripting language
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
parser serialization parsers developer-tools files c cross-platform windows yaml yaml-parser yaml-emitter c-library linux macos
1 source
- homepage: http://pyyaml.org/wiki/LibYAML · fetched 2026-08-29 · c7e3f771d526
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| yaml/libyaml | main | 81 |
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