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Library for JSON, based on GLib. Version 1.10.8 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Library for JSON, based on GLib
Project links
Commands and aliases
- json-glib-format
- json-glib-validate
history
Project history and usage
JSON-GLib is GNOME's GLib/GObject JSON parser and generator library, with small command-line tools for formatting and validating JSON. It matters because it made JSON feel native inside the C/GObject stack used by GTK and GNOME applications.
Project history
JSON-GLib was written by Emmanuele Bassi and is licensed under LGPL-2.1-or-later. The project documentation describes a DOM-like API for parsing and generating JSON plus GObject serialization and deserialization for GLib applications.
Early releases in 2007 established the parser, generator, and GObject deserialization work. Version 0.10.0 added more complete GObject and GBoxed serialization, insertion-order guarantees, and introspection data. Version 1.0 in 2014 stabilized the API generation, bumped the GLib dependency, and added command-line tools for validation and formatting.
Adoption history
Because JSON-GLib is part of the GNOME platform stack, it is packaged broadly across Linux distributions and also appears in Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and other package managers. Its GObject Introspection support made the same JSON library available to language bindings, not only to C applications.
How it is used
Developers link against `json-glib-1.0`, include `json-glib/json-glib.h`, and use parser, generator, builder, reader, object, array, and node APIs. Packagers also ship `json-glib-format` and `json-glib-validate`, which provide quick command-line formatting and validation.
Why package nerds care
JSON-GLib is the package that tells you a desktop stack has JSON support at the platform-library layer. For packagers, it is a small but widely depended-on C library with GIR metadata, pkg-config files, command-line tools, and the usual GNOME release engineering expectations.
Timeline
- 2007: JSON-GLib 0.4.0 is announced as a GObject-based C library for parsing and writing JSON streams.
- 2010: JSON-GLib 0.10.0 adds broader serialization/deserialization support and introspection improvements.
- 2011: JSON-GLib 0.12.0 adds JsonBuilder, JsonReader, stream APIs, surrogate-pair support, and a GObject-Introspection dependency.
- 2014: JSON-GLib 1.0 is announced after years of 0.x development.
- 2017: JSON-GLib 1.2 adds Meson build support and immutable JSON node support.
- 2020: JSON-GLib 1.6 moves API reference generation to gi-docgen and adds `json-glib-format --output`.
Related projects
- JSON-GLib is closely related to GLib, GObject, GIO, GObject Introspection, GTK, and GNOME applications. It occupies a different niche from json-c and Jansson by integrating JSON with the GObject type system and GLib data conventions.
Sources
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/json-glib
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/json-glib/-/blob/master/NEWS
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/json-glib/-/blob/master/README.md
- https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/json-glib
- https://groups.google.com/g/mailing.gnome.announce/c/JoqnaR9gA7s
- https://lwn.net/Articles/258532/
- https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/JsonGlib
security posture
Risk level: green
library-like package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- library-like package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:library-like
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
json-glib-format | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
json-glib-validate | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.10.8
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:json-glib |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.10.8 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/JsonGlib |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
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Combined YAML source
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Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation