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Jackson: 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; RxJava: Reactive Extensions for the JVM. A library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs by using observable sequences for the Java VM.

Jackson and RxJava belong to "Java Tools" category of the tech stack.

Jackson and RxJava are both open source tools. RxJava with 40K GitHub stars and 6.74K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Jackson with 4.89K GitHub stars and 924 GitHub forks.

TimeHop, MDOffice, and Poq are some of the popular companies that use RxJava, whereas Jackson is used by Conceptboard, Wealthsimple, and 浙江网竞. RxJava has a broader approval, being mentioned in 58 company stacks & 36 developers stacks; compared to Jackson, which is listed in 7 company stacks and 12 developer stacks.

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    What is Jackson?

    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.

    What is RxJava?

    A library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs by using observable sequences for the Java VM.

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