What is Mercury?
A modular JSON-RPC library that allows pluggable transport layers, JSON libraries, and effect/async monads.
It is used to communicate with embedded devices where the device is acting in the server role.
Mercury is a tool in the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) category of a tech stack.
Mercury is an open source tool with 5 GitHub stars and 1 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Mercury's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Mercury?
Developers
7 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Mercury.
Mercury's Features
- Free and open source license
- Allow for swappable transports
- Allow for swappable JSON libraries
- Be usable without code generation
Mercury Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Mercury?
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Hermes
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JavaScript
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Python
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Node.js
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