# jbeder/yaml-cpp

A YAML parser and emitter in C++

Repository: https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/yaml-cpp
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-24T05:32:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 37, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4174, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 210, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6136, forks 2198 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:36.412059+00:00)

## What it is
yaml-cpp is a C++ library for parsing and emitting YAML, conforming to the YAML 1.2 spec. It builds cross-platform via CMake as a static or shared library.

## Use cases
- parse YAML config files in C++
- emit YAML from C++ data structures
- read Kubernetes-style manifests programmatically
- convert YAML to other formats in a C++ app

## When to choose
- you need YAML 1.2 support in a C++ project
- you want a mature, MIT-licensed, widely used YAML library
- you need both parsing and emitting in one library

## When to avoid
- you are not working in C++
- you only need simple key-value config parsing with no YAML features
- you need streaming/incremental parsing of huge YAML files

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: parser, serialization
- domain: developer-tools, files
- platform: cross-platform, cpp
- tags: yaml, yaml-1.2, emitter, cmake

## Member repositories
- jbeder/yaml-cpp (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:36.412059+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 2026-08-29T17:47:57.910267+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:36.412059+00:00, sha 5df28b1aaa0a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.