Jackson vs Java 8: What are the differences?

Developers describe Jackson as "A suite of data-processing tools for Java". It is a suite of data-processing tools for Java (and the JVM platform), including the flagship streaming JSON parser / generator library, matching data-binding library (POJOs to and from JSON) and additional data format modules to process data encoded in Avro, BSON, CBOR, CSV, Smile, (Java) Properties, Protobuf, XML or YAML; and even the large set of data format modules to support data types of widely used data types such as Guava, Joda. On the other hand, Java 8 is detailed as "*A development environment for building applications *". It is a revolutionary release of the world’s no 1 development platform. It includes a huge upgrade to the Java programming model and a coordinated evolution of the JVM, Java language, and libraries. Java 8 includes features for productivity, ease of use, improved polyglot programming, security and improved performance.

Jackson and Java 8 can be primarily classified as "Java" tools.

Jackson is an open source tool with 4.89K GitHub stars and 924 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Jackson's open source repository on GitHub.

According to the StackShare community, Java 8 has a broader approval, being mentioned in 17 company stacks & 30 developers stacks; compared to Jackson, which is listed in 7 company stacks and 12 developer stacks.