crdoconnor/strictyaml

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1622 stars · 68 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

StrictYAML is a type-safe YAML parser and validator for Python that parses a restricted, safer subset of the YAML spec, avoiding pitfalls like the Norway problem. It supports schema-based validation, readable errors with line numbers, and round-tripping YAML with comments preserved.

Use cases

• parse yaml config files safely in python
• validate yaml against a schema
• avoid yaml implicit typing bugs like the norway problem
• edit yaml files and write them back preserving comments
• replace pyyaml or ruamel.yaml with a stricter parser
• get readable yaml parse errors with line numbers
• generate yaml documents from python dicts

When to avoid

• you need full YAML spec features like anchors, tags, or complex keys
• parsing speed is critical
• you need YAML support outside of Python

Facets

library · maturity stable

parser serialization yaml configuration-management parsers developer-tools files python cross-platform yaml-parser schema-validation type-safety roundtrip config-files pyyaml-alternative

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