Popular and well-maintained. A little polish away from elite status.

Parsing gigabytes of JSON per second : used by Facebook/Meta Velox, the Node.js runtime, ClickHouse, WatermelonDB, Apache Doris, Milvus, StarRocks

Documentation

75

Install and run instructions9pt45

No install instructions found in the README (−45 pts).

Add a section showing how to install dependencies.

Contributing guide5pt75

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

README12pt85

README is present.

License6pt100

Licensed under Apache-2.0.

Engineering

78

CI/CD14pt57

CI is configured (.github/workflows/cifuzz.yml).

Tests18pt80

Test files detected (tests).

Reproducibility6pt80

Lockfile present (benchmark/static_reflect/serde-benchmark/Cargo.lock). Installs are reproducible.

Linting and formatting5pt100

Linter or formatter configured (.editorconfig).

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

100

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (benchmark/static_reflect/serde-benchmark/Cargo.toml).

Repository metadata5pt100

Repository has a description.

Activity5pt100

Actively maintained (pushed within the last month).

Housekeeping3pt100

.gitignore present.

Repository files42 root entries
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/cifuzz.yml).
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • .vscode
  • benchmark
    Good: Lockfile present (benchmark/static_reflect/serde-benchmark/Cargo.lock). Installs are reproducible.
    Good: Dependency manifest found (benchmark/static_reflect/serde-benchmark/Cargo.toml).
  • cmake
  • dependencies
  • doc
  • examples
  • extra
  • fuzz
  • images
  • include
  • jsonexamples
  • p2996
    Good: Environment pinned via p2996/Dockerfile.
  • scripts
  • singleheader
  • src
  • style
  • tests
    Good: Test files detected (tests).
  • tools
  • windows
  • .appveyor.yml
  • .cirrus.yml
  • .clang-format
  • .clangd
  • .dockerignore
  • .drone.yml
  • .editorconfig
    Good: Linter or formatter configured (.editorconfig).
  • .gitattributes
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .travis.yml
  • AI_USAGE_POLICY.md
  • AUTHORS
  • CMakeLists.txt
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
    Good: Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.
    Issue: Contributing guide lacks a setup section (−12 pts).Fix: Show new contributors how to get a local dev environment running.
    Good: Contributing guide describes code style expectations.
    Issue: Contributing guide lacks a testing section (−8 pts).Fix: Show contributors how to run the test suite (e.g. npm test, pytest, cargo test).
    Good: Contributing guide describes the PR/review workflow.
    Issue: Contributing guide has no code examples (−5 pts).Fix: Add code blocks showing example commands for setup, running tests, and submitting a PR.
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • Doxyfile
  • HACKING.md
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under Apache-2.0.
  • LICENSE-MIT
  • README.md
    Good: README is present.
    Issue: README has little structure (−15 pts). Add 2-3 headings for +8 pts; 4+ earns +15 pts.Fix: Break it into sections (Overview, Install, Usage, Contributing) using Markdown headings.
    Good: README includes screenshots or visuals. Great for first impressions.
    Good: README has code examples.
    Good: README links to a live demo or deployed app.
    Good: README includes status badges.
    Issue: No install instructions found in the README (−45 pts).Fix: Add a section showing how to install dependencies.
    Good: README documents how to run the project.
  • SECURITY.md
    Good: Security policy present.
  • simdjson.pc.in