jbeder/yaml-cpp
A YAML parser and emitter in C++
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Where it stands
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No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 269 days ago, with 177 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Parses and emits YAML documents in C++ following the YAML 1.2 specification.
- Provides a modern, actively maintained C++ library with both parsing and emitting capabilities and supports cross-platform builds via CMake.
- Use for integrating YAML configuration parsing and serialization in C++ applications requiring human-readable data formats.
- Use for building tools or libraries that need to generate or consume YAML files programmatically with type safety and performance.
- Use for embedding YAML support in game engines or UI frameworks that require structured data interchange in C++ environments.
Should you depend on it?
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License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
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From the README
yaml-cppis a YAML parser and emitter in C++ matching the YAML 1.2 spec.See Tutorial and How to Emit YAML for reference. For the old API (until 0.5.0), see How To Parse A Document.
yaml-cppuses CMake to support cross-platform building. Install CMake (Resources -> Download) before proceeding. The basic steps to build are:Note: If you don't use the provided installer for your platform, make sure that you add
CMake's bin folder to your path.
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Forks
2.2K-7
Open issues
201+1
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| jbeder/yaml-cpp | 6.1K | — | 45 | 269 days ago |
| Category median | 116.8K | +5.1K | 60 | — |
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