json-c

Install command: 
brew install json-c

JSON parser for C

https://github.com/json-c/json-c/wiki

License: MIT

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/json-c.json

Formula code: json-c.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon		 golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
sonoma ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 0.19
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on when building from source:

cmake 4.4.5 Cross-platform make

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days1,361,733
Downloads11,213,798
Analytics install events (30 days)98,255
Downloads / install events (30 days)13.9×

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Analytics:

30 days90 days365 days
Installs98,250285,238505,414
Installs (--HEAD)51127
Installs on Request4201,6485,718
Installs on Request (--HEAD)1110
Build Errors203